Cysteine protease inhibitors

ABSTRACT

To provide a compound having an excellent cysteine protease inhibitory effect, and to provide a drug for treatment or prevention of the disease selected from the group consisting of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, chronic rheumatoid arthritis, Paget&#39;s disease of bone, hypercalcemia, bone metastasis of cancer, and ostealgia. A compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a drug or pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an effective component.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a novel compound having a cysteineprotease inhibitory activity (especially cathepsin K inhibitoryactivity), production method thereof and a cysteine protease inhibitor(especially cathepsin K inhibitor) containing the compound as an activeingredient. Specifically, the present invention relates to a compounduseful for treatment or prevention of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis,chronic rheumatoid arthritis, Paget's disease of bone, hypercalcemia,bone metastasis of cancer, or ostealgia.

BACKGROUND ART

In recent years, associated with the rapid progress toward an agingsociety, ever-increasing number of bedridden elderly people is causingserious social and economical problems. As the major causes of beingbedridden, cerebral stroke, senility, and bone fracture resulting fromosteoporosis are mentioned. Especially it is pointed out that, becauseit frequently takes so long time to heal the bone fracture in theadvanced age, the physical strength during the cure is significantlydecreased and the probability of becoming bedridden is high. Therefore,prevention and/or treatment of this state is an important issue in orderto maintain and improve the QOL (quality of life) of the elderly people.

Clinical state of osteoporosis is characterized by decreasing bonestrength and increasing risk of bone fracture according to the change offine structure of bone tissue caused by the decrease in bone mass. Bonetissue is consistently repeating remodeling in the organism byinteraction of bone formation by osteoblasts of mesenchymal system andbone resorption by osteoclasts of hematopoietic system, the balance ofwhich maintains the bone mass. It is considered that osteoporosis iscaused by the failure of this balance for some reason and continuationof the state in which bone resorption exceeds bone formation for a longperiod. Since the increase of bone resorption closely relates to thepathogenesis and progression of the disease state, a bone resorptioninhibitor is generally used in a drug therapy for osteoporosis. However,a pharmaceutical agent having a bone resorption inhibitory effect suchas a calcitonin preparation, an estrogen preparation, a vitamin Kpreparation, a bisphosphonate preparation, and the like, which iscurrently used, has a problem in its curing effect, an immediateeffectivity, an adverse effect, dose compliance, and the like.Therefore, development of the bone resorption inhibitor which may becomea more effective treatment or prevention drug for osteoporosis isdesired.

Osteoclasts, which are multinucleate giant cells originated mainly fromhematopoietic stem cells, play a role of bone resorption. Cells ofmonocyte-macrophage lineage differentiate to osteoclast precursors bythe action of various cytokines and the like. Then the precursors becomemononucleate preosteoclasts, which are drawn to the bone surface, andare fixed and multinucleated to become osteoclasts. The differentiatedosteoclasts, when activated, surround the bone surface with ruffledborder consisting of complexed cytoplasmic processes, dissolvehydroxyapatite by releasing acid, and digest protein matrix such ascollagen type I by secreting various proteases. It is considered thatthe proteases involved in the digestion of collagen are the essentialcomponents for bone metabolic turnover and occurrence and progression ofosteoporosis, because about 95% of the organic matrix of bone iscollagen. As the major proteases involved in the matrix digestion byosteoclasts, cysteine proteases are mentioned, among which involvementof cathepsin family belonging to papain superfamily is widely known.Especially there are many reports regarding the relationship ofcathepsin K and various pathological states, which is considered aspotential drug target.

Cathepsin K is also referred to as cathepsin O, cathepsin O2, andcathepsin X and is one of the enzymes belonging to cysteine cathepsinfamily that is part of a papain superfamily of a cysteine protease. Asthe enzymes classified in cysteine proteases in the cathepsin family,cathepsin B, cathepsin C, cathepsin F, cathepsin H, cathepsin L,cathepsin O, cathepsin S, cathepsin V (also referred to as L2),cathepsin W, and cathepsin Z (also referred to as cathepsin X) arefurther known. Cathepsin K shows a high level expression in normalosteoclasts and is reported to be a major cysteine protease in thesecells (Non-patent Document 1 to 3). Further, in view of the finding thatthe cathepsin K gene is mutated in dwarfism patients whose cause isconsidered to be abnormal bone resorption, and the like, it is suggestedthat cathepsin K is essential in the function of osteoclasts (Non-patentDocument 4). Therefore, effective remedy is expected for the diseaseresulting from excessive bone resorption, such as osteoporosis, byselective inhibition of cathepsin K. In fact, clinical trials have beenconducted for some drugs which selectively inhibit cathepsin K and thereare some reports showing the curing effect of these drugs (Non-patentDocuments 5 and 6).

It is considered that selective inhibition of cathepsin K is also usefulfor treatment of other diseases. Such diseases include autoimmunedisease (such as chronic rheumatoid arthritis), osteoarthritis, Paget'sdisease of bone, hypercalcemia, bone metastasis of cancer, or ostealgia.For example, cathepsin K is expressed in synovial membrane and synovialbone destruction site of chronic rheumatoid arthritis patients(Non-patent Document 7-9), and the inhibitory substances showed a drugefficacy in disease model animals (Non-patent Document 10 and 11). Theexpression level of cathepsin K is increased in synovial membrane andcartilage surface of osteoarthritis (Non-patent Document 12-14).Expression of cathepsin K is recognized in various cancer cells(Non-patent Document 15-19), and relationship with bone metastasis hasbeen shown (Non-patent Document 20 and 21). In addition, it isconsidered that selective inhibition of cathepsin K is useful for thetreatment of disease caused by enhancement of bone resorption activityof osteoclasts, for example, Paget's disease of bone, hypercalcemia, orostealgia.

For the reasons described above, cathepsin K has come to attractattention as a target molecule for treatment and prevention of diseaseand research and development of cathepsin K inhibitors are also beingperformed intensely. So far, as the cathepsin K inhibitor, for example,linear ketone type inhibitors (Non-patent Document 22), a cyclic ketonetype inhibitor (Non-patent Document 23-26), an aldehyde type inhibitor(Non-patent Document 27), an α-ketoamide type inhibitor (Non-patentDocument 28), N-aryl ethylenediamine type inhibitors (Patent Document1-3 and Non-patent Document 29, 30, and 34), cyanomethylene typeinhibitors (Patent Document 4 and Non-patent Document 31-33), and thelike have been reported.

As described above, although compounds which inhibit cathepsin K areattracting attention as bone resorption inhibitors and many derivativeshave been reported, no compounds have been put to practical use yet as atherapeutic drug for metabolic bone disease. In addition, the structuresof these compounds are different from the structure of the compound ofthe present invention. Note that an N-aryl ethylenediamine type compoundhas been reported also as a cathepsin S inhibitor (Patent Document 5).

Especially Patent Document 1 describes a compound represented by thefollowing general formula (A) as a small molecule which inhibitscathepsin K.

However, in Patent Document 1, only a compound represented by thefollowing formula (B) is described as a specific compound.

Patent Document 1: WO2002/070517

Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Laid-open Publication No. 2004-256525

Patent Document 3: WO2000/048993

Patent Document 4: WO2003/075836

Patent Document 5: WO2004/112709

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DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problem to be Solved by the Invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a compound having anexcellent cysteine protease inhibitory effect.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a compound usefulfor the treatment or prevention of a disease selected from the groupconsisting of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, chronic rheumatoidarthritis, Paget's disease of bone, bone metastasis of cancer, andostealgia.

Means to Solve the Problem

As a result of extensive study regarding the compounds having a cysteineprotease inhibitory effect, the present inventors found that compoundsand the salts thereof having a structure in which a methylenesubstituted with a trifluoromethyl is introduced as characteristics ofchemical structure, such as the compounds represented by the followingformula (1):

have an especially good cysteine protease inhibitory effect, andcompleted the present invention based on these findings.

That is, the present invention relates to the followings.

(1) A compound represented by formula (1), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof

(In formula (1),Ar¹ represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl, or heteroaryl;R¹ represents a substituent selected from the substituent group 1;m represents an integer of 0 to 3;R² represents C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with the same ordifferent 1 to 6 group(s) selected from the substituent group 2;R³ and R⁴ are the same or different from each other and representhydrogen atom or C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl, C₄-C₉ (cycloalkyl)alkyl,phenyl, heteroaryl, C₇-C₉ phenylalkyl, or C₁-C₃ alkyl substituted withheteroaryl, these substituents may be substituted with the same ordifferent 1 to 6 group(s) selected from the substituent group 3;when both of R³ and R⁴ are C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with thesame or different 1 to 6 group(s) selected from the substituent group 3,the R³ and R⁴ may bond each other via a single bond, —O—, —NR⁹—, or—S(O)_(q)— to form 3- to 7-membered ring structure containing the carbonatoms to which R³ and R⁴ are bonding;when R³ and R⁴ do not bond to form a ring structure, either R³ or R⁴represents a group which is not a hydrogen atom;L represents a single bond or —(CR¹⁰R¹¹)_(s)—;s represents any one integer of 1 to 4;Ar² represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl or heteroaryl;r represents 0 or 1;Ar³ represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl or heteroaryl;n represents 0 or 1;R⁵ represents a substituent selected from the substituent group 1;p represents an integer of 0 to 5;the substituent group 1 represents a group consisting of hydrogen atom,halogen atom, cyano, nitro, R^(6a), —OR^(6a), —O(CO)R^(6a), —COOR^(6a),—CON(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —NR^(6a)(CO)R^(6b),—NR^(6a)(CO)N(R^(6b))(R^(6c)), —S(O)₂N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)),—NR^(6a)S(O)₂R^(6b), —S(O)_(q)R^(6a), and —Si(R⁸)₃;the substituent group 2 represents a group consisting of halogen atom,cyano, —OR^(6a), —O(CO)R^(6a), —COOR^(6a), —CON(R^(6a))(R^(6b)),—N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —NR^(6a)(CO)R^(6b), —NR^(6a)(CO)N(R^(6b))(R^(6c)),—S(O)_(q)R^(6a), —N(R^(6a))C(═NR^(6b))(NR^(6c)), C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl thatmay be substituted with R⁷, phenyl that may be substituted with R⁷, andheteroaryl that may be substituted with R⁷;the substituent group 3 represents halogen atom, hydroxyl, and C₁-C₆alkoxy, C₁-C₆ alkylthio, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl, or C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl,these substituents may be substituted with halogen atom;R^(6a), R^(6b), and R^(6c) are the same or different from each other andrepresent hydrogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷,C₂-C₆ alkenyl that may be substituted with R⁷, C₂-C₆ alkynyl that may besubstituted with R⁷, C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl that may be substituted with R⁷,heterocyclyl that may be substituted with R⁷, phenyl that may besubstituted with R⁷, heteroaryl that may be substituted with R⁷, C₇-C₁₃aralkyl that may be substituted with R⁷, C₁-C₃ alkyl substituted withheterocyclyl that may be substituted with R⁷, or C₁-C₃ alkyl substitutedwith heteroaryl that may be substituted with R⁷; in each substituent inthe substituent groups 1 and 2, the R^(6a) and R^(6b), R^(6a) andR^(6c), or R^(6b) and R^(6c) may bond each other via a single bond, —O—,—NR⁹—, or —S(O)_(q)— to form 3- to 7-membered ring structure, whenR^(6a) and R^(6b), R^(6a) and R^(6c), R^(6b) and R^(6c) existing in onesubstituent are C₁-C₆ alkyl optionally substituted with R⁷;q represents an integer of 0 to 2;R⁷ represents halogen atom, hydroxyl, carboxyl, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl,or cyano;R⁸ represents C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷; andR⁹, R¹⁰, and R¹¹ are the same or different from each other and representhydrogen atom or C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷.)(2) The compound described in (1) and represented by formula (1A), or apharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

(In formula (1A),Ar¹ represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl, or heteroaryl;R¹ represents a substituent selected from the substituent group 1;m represents an integer of 0 to 3;R² represents C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with the same ordifferent 1 to 6 group(s) selected from the substituent group 2;R³ and R⁴ are the same or different from each other and representhydrogen atom or C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl, C₄-C₉ (cycloalkyl)alkyl,phenyl, heteroaryl, C₇-C₉ phenylalkyl, or C₁-C₃ alkyl substituted withheteroaryl, these substituents may be substituted with the same ordifferent 1 to 6 group(s) selected from the substituent group 3; whenboth of R³ and R⁴ are C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with the sameor different 1 to 6 group(s) selected from the substituent group 3, theR³ and R⁴ may bond each other via a single bond, —O—, —NR⁹—, or—S(O)_(q)— to form 3- to 7-membered ring structure containing the carbonatoms to which R³ and R⁴ are bonding;when R³ and R⁴ do not bond to form a ring structure, either R³ or R⁴represents a group which is not a hydrogen atom;Ar² represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl or heteroaryl;Ar³ represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl or heteroaryl;n represents 0 or 1;R⁵ represents a substituent selected from the substituent group 1;p represents an integer of 0 to 5;the substituent group 1 represents a group consisting of halogen atom,cyano, nitro, —R^(6a), —OR^(6a), O(CO)R^(6a), —COOR^(6a),—CON(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —NR^(6a)(CO)R^(6b),—NR^(6a)(CO)N(R^(6b))(R^(6c)), —S(O)₂N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)),—NR^(6a)S(O)₂R^(6b), —S(O)_(q)R^(6a), and —Si(R⁸)₃;the substituent group 2 represents a group consisting of halogen atom,cyano, —OR^(6a), —O(CO)R^(6a), —COOR^(6a), —CON(R^(6a))(R^(6b)),—N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —NR^(6a)(CO)R^(6b), —NR^(6a)(CO)N(R^(6b))(R^(6c)),—S(O)_(q)R^(6a), C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl that may be substituted with R⁷,phenyl that may be substituted with R⁷, and heteroaryl that may besubstituted with R⁷;the substituent group 3 represents halogen atom, hydroxyl, and C₁-C₆alkoxy, C₁-C₆ alkylthio, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl, and C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl,these substituents may be substituted with a halogen atom;R^(6a), R^(6b), and R^(6c) are the same or different from each other andrepresent hydrogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷,C₂-C₆ alkenyl that may be substituted with R⁷, C₂-C₆ alkynyl that may besubstituted with R⁷, C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl that may be substituted with R⁷,heterocyclyl that may be substituted with R⁷, phenyl that may besubstituted with R⁷, heteroaryl that may be substituted with R⁷, C₇C₁₃aralkyl that may be substituted with R⁷, C₁-C₃ alkyl substituted withheterocyclyl that may be substituted with R⁷, or C₁-C₃ alkyl substitutedwith heteroaryl that may be substituted with R⁷; in each substituent inthe substituent groups 1 and 2, the R^(6a) and R^(6b), R^(6a) andR^(6c), or R^(6b) and R^(6c) may bond each other via a single bond, —O—,—NR⁹—, or —S(O)_(q)— to form 3- to 7-membered ring structure, whenR^(6a) and R^(6b), R^(6a) and R^(6c) or R^(6b) and R^(6c) existing inone substituent are C₁-C₆ alkyl optionally substituted with R⁷;q represents an integer of 0 to 2;R⁷ represents halogen atom, hydroxyl, carboxyl, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, or C₁-C₄alkylsulfinyl; andR⁸ and R⁹ are the same or different from each other and represent C₁-C₆alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷.)(3) The compound described in (1) or (2), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof,wherein R³ represents C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl, or C₄-C₉(cycloalkyl)alkyl, these substituents may be substituted with 1 to 6fluorine atom(s); andR⁴ represents hydrogen atom.(4) The compound described in (1) or (2), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof,wherein R³ represents isobutyl that may be substituted with 1 to 6fluorine atom(s); andR⁴ represents hydrogen atom.(5) The compound described in (1) or (2), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof,wherein R³ and R⁴ form cyclohexane ring containing the carbon atoms towhich R³ andR⁴ are bonding.(6) The compound described in any of (1) to (5), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof,wherein Ar¹ represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl.(7) The compound described in any of (1) to (6), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof,in which m represents an integer of 1 to 3.(8) The compound described in (7), or a pharmaceutically acceptable saltthereof,wherein at least one R¹ represents —OR^(6a) or —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)).(9) The compound described in any of (1) to (5), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof,wherein —Ar¹—(R¹)_(m) is a substituent represented by formula (2).

(In formula (2), R^(1a) represents —OR^(6a) or —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)); andR^(1b) represents halogen atom, —R^(6a), —OR^(6a), or—N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)).)(10) The compound described in any of (1) to (5), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof,wherein —Ar¹—(R¹)_(m) is a substituent represented by formula (3).

(In formula (3), R^(1c) represents —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)); andR^(1d) represents a substituent selected from the substituent group 1.)(11) The compound described in any of (1) to (10), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof,wherein at least one of R¹, the substituent of R¹, the substituent of R²selected from the substituent group 2, R⁵, and the substituent of R⁵represents —COOH.(12) The compound described in any of (1) to (10), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof,wherein the substituent of R² selected from the substituent group 2represents —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)) or —N(R^(6a))C(═NR^(6b))(NR^(6c)).(13) The compound described in any of (1) to (10), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof,wherein at least one of R¹, the substituent of R¹, the substituent of R²selected from the substituent group 2, R⁵, and the substituent of R⁵represents cyano.(14) The compound described in any of (1) to (5), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof,wherein Ar¹ represents heteroaryl.(15) The compound described in any of (1) to (14), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof,wherein Ar² represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl.(16) The compound described in any of (1) to (14), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof,wherein Ar² represents heteroaryl.(17) A pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound described inany of (1) to (16), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and apharmaceutically acceptable carrier.(18) A cathepsin K inhibitor comprising the compound described in any of(1) to (16), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an activeingredient.(19) A drug comprising the compound described in any of (1) to (16), ora pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient fortreatment or prevention of a disease selected from the group consistingof osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, chronic rheumatoid arthritis, Paget'sdisease of bone, hypercalcemia, bone metastasis of cancer, andostealgia.

The present invention provides a novel compound having an excellentcysteine protease inhibitory effect (especially a cathepsin K inhibitoryeffect).

Furthermore, the present invention provides a drug for treatment orprevention of a disease selected from a group consisting ofosteoporosis, osteoarthritis, chronic rheumatoid arthritis, Paget'sdisease of bone, hypercalcemia, bone metastasis of cancer, andostealgia.

MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Terms used alone or in combination in this specification will beexplained below. Unless otherwise mentioned particularly, explanation ofeach substituent shall be common at each position. Note that when eachof any variables (for example, R^(6a), R^(6b), R^(6c), R⁷, R⁸, R⁹, andthe like) exists in any component (R¹, R², R⁵, and the like), itsdefinition is independent in each component. In addition, combination ofsubstituents and variables are allowed only when such combinationresults in a chemically stable compound. When a substituent itself issubstituted with two or more groups, these plural groups can be presenton the same or different carbon as far as a stable structure forms.

In the present invention, “C₆-C₁₀ aryl” means a group which forms byelimination of one hydrogen atom bonding to a ring of an aromatichydrocarbon having 6 to 10 carbon atoms. Examples include, but are notlimited to, phenyl, naphthyl, indenyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, indanyl, andazulenyl.

In the present invention, “C₇-C₁₃ aralkyl” means a group which forms bysubstitution in alkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atom(s) with theabove-mentioned one C₆-C₁₀ aryl at any position. Examples include, butare not limited to, benzyl, phenethyl, naphthylmethyl, andnaphthylethyl.

In the present invention, “heteroaryl” means 3- to 10-memberedmonocyclic or bicyclic heterocylic system having an aromaticity,containing 1 to 5 hetero atom(s) selected from a group consisting ofoxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen. “3- to 10-membered monocyclic or bicyclicheterocyclic system having an aromaticity” means a monovalent groupobtained by eliminating a hydrogen atom from 3- to 10-memberedmonocyclic or bicyclic aromatic hetero ring having 1 to 5 hetero atom(s)selected from a group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen. Inaddition, in the case of bicyclic heteroaryl, when one ring is anaromatic ring or an heteroaryl ring, the other ring may have anon-aromatic ring structure. Number of each hetero atom and theircombination in such heteroaryl is not particularly limited as far as thering can be constituted with a predetermined number of the members andexists chemically stably. Examples of such heteroaryl include, but arenot limited to, pyridyl, pyrazyl, pyrimidyl, pyridazinyl, furyl,thienyl, pyrazolyl, 1,3-dioxindanyl, isoxazolyl, isothiazolyl,benzofuranyl, isobenzofuryl, benzothienyl, indolyl, isoindolyl,chromanyl, benzothiazolyl, benzoimidazolyl, benzoxazolyl, pyranyl,imidazolyl, oxazolyl, thiazolyl, triazinyl, triazolyl, furazanyl,thiadiazolyl, dihydrobenzofuryl, dihydroisobenzofuryl, dihydroquinolyl,dihydroisoquinolyl, dihydrobenzoxazolyl, dihydropteridinyl,benzoxazolyl, benzisoxazolyl, benzodioxazolyl, quinolyl, isoquinolyl,benzotriazolyl, pteridinyl, purinyl, quinoxalinyl, quinazolinyl,cinnolinyl, or tetrazolyl.

In the present invention, “heterocyclyl” means a monovalent groupobtained by eliminating a hydrogen atom from 3- to 10-memberedmonocyclic or bicyclic aliphatic hetero ring, which may be partiallyunsaturated or saturated, containing 1 to 4 hetero atom(s) selected froma group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen as a hetero atom. Theheterocyclyl may contain 1 or 2 —C(═O)— or —C(═S)— in the ring. Numberof each heteroatom and their combination is not particularly limited asfar as the ring can be constituted with a predetermined number of themembers and exists chemically stably. Examples of such heterocyclylinclude, but are not limited to, piperidyl, piperidino, pyrrolidinyl,pyrrolinyl, tetrahydrofuryl, dihydropyranyl, hexahydroazepinyl,piperazinyl, quinuclidinyl, morpholinyl, morpholino, thiomorpholinyl,thiomorpholino, oxazolinyl, 1,4-dioxanyl, pyranyl, 2-pyrrolidonyl,2-piperidonyl, 2-imidazolidinonyl, or tetrahydro-3H-pyrazol-3-onyl.

In the present invention, “halogen atom” means fluorine, chlorine,bromine, and iodine.

In the present invention, “C₁-C₆ alkyl” means a saturated linear orbranched chain aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atom(s).Examples include, but are not limited to, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl,n-butyl, n-pentyl, n-hexyl, isopropyl, isobutyl, s-butyl, t-butyl,isopentyl, 2-methylbutyl, neopentyl, 1-ethylpropyl, 4-methylpentyl,3-methylpentyl, 2-methylpentyl, 1-methylpentyl, 3,3-dimethylbutyl,2,2-dimethylbutyl, 1,1-dimethylbutyl, 1,2-dimethylbutyl,1,3-dimethylbutyl, 2,3-dimethylbutyl, 1-ethylbutyl, 2-ethylbutyl,t-pentyl, and isohexyl.

In the present invention, “C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl” means a cycloalkyl grouphaving 3 to 7 carbon atoms. Examples include, but are not limited to, acyclic alkyl group such as cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl,cyclohexyl, and cycloheptyl groups.

In the present invention, “C₄-C₉ (cycloalkyl)alkyl” means a group formedby substitution in the above-mentioned “C₁-C₃ alkyl” with theabove-mentioned one “C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl” at any position. Examplesinclude, but are not limited to, cyclopropylmethyl, cyclobutylmethyl,cyclopentylmethyl, cyclohexylmethyl, cycloheptylmethyl,cyclopropylethyl, cyclobutylethyl, cyclopentylethyl, cyclohexylethyl,and cycloheptylethyl.

In the present invention, “C₇-C₉ phenylalkyl” means a group formed bysubstitution in the above-mentioned “C₁-C₃ alkyl” with one phenyl groupat any position. Examples include, but are not limited to, benzyl,phenethyl, and phenylpropyl.

In the present invention, “C₁-C₆ alkoxy” means a group consisting of theabove-mentioned “C₁-C₆ alkyl” and an oxy group. Examples include, butare not limited to, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-butoxy,s-butoxy, 2-methylpropoxy, n-pentyloxy, isopentyloxy, 2-methylbutoxy,1-ethylpropoxy, 2,2-dimethylpropoxy, n-hexyloxy, 4-methylpentoxy,3-methylpentoxy, 2-methylpentoxy, 3,3-dimethylbutoxy,2,2-dimethylbutoxy, 1,1-dimethylbutoxy, and t-butoxy.

In the present invention, “C₁-C₆ alkylthio” means a group consisting ofthe above-mentioned “C₁-C₆ alkyl” and a thio group. Examples include,but are not limited to, methylthio, ethylthio, and isopropylthio.

In the present invention, “C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl” means a group consistingof the above-mentioned “C₁-C₆ alkyl” and a sulfinyl. Examples include,but are not limited to, methylsulfinyl, ethylsulfinyl, andisopropylsulfinyl.

In the present invention, “C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl” means a group consistingof the above-mentioned “C₁-C₆ alkyl” and a sulfonyl. Examples include,but are not limited to, methylsulfonyl, ethylsulfonyl, andisopropylsulfonyl.

In the present invention, “C₁-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl” means a groupconsisting of the above-mentioned “C₁-C₆ alkoxy” and a carbonyl.Examples include, but are not limited to, methoxycarbonyl,ethoxycarbonyl, and isopropoxycarbonyl.

In the present invention, “C₂ to C₆ alkenyl” means a linear or branchedchain aliphatic hydrocarbon group having a double bond and 2 to 6 carbonatoms. Examples include, but are not limited to, vinyl, allyl,1-propenyl, 2-butenyl, 3-butenyl, 2-methyl-1-propenyl,2-methyl-2-propenyl, 4-pentenyl, 5-hexenyl, and 4-methyl-3-pentenyl.

In the present invention, “C₂ to C₆ alkynyl” means a linear or branchedchain aliphatic hydrocarbon group having a triple bond and 2 to 6 carbonatoms. Examples include, but are not limited to, ethynyl, propargyl,3-methylpropargyl, butynyl, 2-butyn-1-yl, pentynyl, and hexynyl.

In the present invention, “C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with thesame or different 1 to 6 group(s) selected from the substituent group 2”means that the “C₁-C₆ alkyl” may be substituted with “the same ordifferent 1 to 6 group(s) selected from the substituent group 2” at anyposition and that, when the “C₁-C₆ alkyl” is substituted with 2 to 6groups selected from the substituent group 2, the “C₁-C₆ alkyl” may besubstituted with the same group or a different group. Furthermore,“C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with the same or different 1 to 6group(s) selected from the substituent group 3”, and the like, have thesimilar meaning.

In the group substituted with R⁷, such as “C₁-C₆ alkyl that may besubstituted with R⁷”, “C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl that may be substituted withR⁷”, and the like, in the present invention, the upper limit of thesubstitution number of the substituent R⁷ is 10 when R⁷ is a halogenatom and 5 when R⁷ is the substituent other than a halogen atom. Amongthese, substitution number of R⁷ is preferably 0 to 3.

In addition, in the above-mentioned definition, for example, “C” in “C₁”or the like represents a carbon atom and the subsequent numberrepresents the number of carbon atoms. For example, “C₁-C₆” represents arange from 1 carbon atom to 6 carbon atoms. It is naturally meant that,when the number of carbon atoms is different, the group has thedifferent number of carbon atoms in the present invention. For example,“C₁-C₄ alkyl” means that the alkyl defined by “C₁-C₆ alkyl” has thenumber of carbon atoms of 1 to 4. The number of carbon atoms in othergroups is the same as in the above.

The present invention relates to the compound represented by theabove-mentioned formula (1) or the pharmaceutically acceptable saltthereof. Among these, the compound represented by the above-mentionedformula (1A) or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof ispreferable. Hereinafter, the definitions common in the compoundrepresented by formula (1) and the compound represented by formula (1A)will be explained together.

In the above-mentioned formula (1) and formula (1A), Ar¹ representsC₆-C₁₀ aryl or heteroaryl. Specific examples of “aryl” and “heteroaryl”are as defined above. Examples of the preferred “aryl” or “heteroaryl”in Ar¹ include phenyl, pyrazolyl, benzofuranyl, benzothienyl, indolyl,benzothiazolyl, benzoimidazolyl, benzoxazolyl, thiazolyl,dihydrobenzofuranyl, dihydroisobenzofuranyl, dihydroquinolyl,dihydroisoquinolyl, dihydrobenzoxazolyl, dihydropteridinyl,benzoxazolyl, benzisoxazolyl, benzodioxazolyl, quinolyl, isoquinolyl,benzotriazolyl, quinoxalinyl, and quinazolinyl. Especially phenyl ispreferred.

In the above-mentioned formula (1), R¹ represents a group selected fromthe substituent group 1. “Substituent group 1” represents a groupconsisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cyano, nitro, —R^(6a),—OR^(6a), —O(CO)R^(6a), —COOR^(6a), —CON(R^(6a))(R^(6b)),—N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —NR^(6a)(CO)R^(6b), —NR^(6a)(CO)N(R^(6b))(R^(6c)),—S(O)₂N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —NR^(6a)S(O)₂R^(6b), —S(O)_(q)R^(6a), and—Si(R⁸)₃, wherein q represents an integer of 0 to 2.

In addition, R^(6a), R^(6b), and R^(6c) are the same or different fromeach other and represent hydrogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl that may besubstituted with R⁷, C₂-C₆ alkenyl that may be substituted with R⁷,C₂-C₆ alkynyl that may be substituted with R⁷, C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl that maybe substituted with R⁷, heterocyclyl that may be substituted with R⁷,phenyl that may be substituted with R⁷, heteroaryl that may besubstituted with R⁷, C₇-C₁₃ aralkyl that may be substituted with R⁷,C₁-C₃ alkyl substituted with heterocyclyl that may be substituted withR⁷, or C₁-C₃ alkyl substituted with heteroaryl that may be substitutedwith R⁷. R⁸ represents C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷.

Furthermore, R⁷ represents halogen atom, hydroxyl, carboxyl, C₁-C₄alkyl, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄alkylsulfinyl, or cyano.

In addition, in each substituent in the substituent group 1, when R^(6a)and R^(6b), R^(6a) and R^(6c), or R^(6b) and R^(6c) present in one groupare C₁-C₆ alkyls that may be substituted with R⁷, the R^(6a) and R^(6b),R^(6a) and R^(6c), or R^(6b) and R^(6c) may bond each other via a singlebond, —O—, —NR⁹—, or —S(O)_(q)— to form 3- to 7-membered ring structure,wherein q represents an integer of 0 to 2 and R⁹ represents a hydrogenatom or C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷.

“3- to 7-membered ring structure” as R¹ may contain two or lessheteroatoms selected from a group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, andsulfur, as an atom forming such ring structure. Examples of R¹ whichforms such “3- to 7-membered ring structure” include, but are notlimited to, 1-piperidyl, 1-pyrrolidinyl, morpholino, thiomorpholino,1,1-dioxothiomorpholin-4-yl, and 1-piperazinyl.

In the above-mentioned formula (1A), R¹ represents a group selected fromthe substituent group 1. “Substituent group 1” represents a groupconsisting of halogen atom, cyano, nitro, —R^(6a), —OR^(6a),—O(CO)R^(6a), —COOR^(6a), —CON(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)),—NR^(6a)(CO)R^(6b), —NR^(6a)(CO)N(R^(6b))(R^(6c)),—S(O)₂N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —NR^(6a)S(O)₂R^(6b), —S(O)_(q)R^(6a), and—Si(R⁸)₃, wherein q represents an integer of 0 to 2.

In addition, R^(6a), R^(6b), and R^(6c) are the same or different fromeach other and represent hydrogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl that may besubstituted with R⁷, C₂-C₆ alkenyl that may be substituted with R⁷,C₂-C₆ alkynyl that may be substituted with R⁷, C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl that maybe substituted with R⁷, heterocyclyl that may be substituted with R⁷,phenyl that may be substituted with R⁷, heteroaryl that may besubstituted with R⁷, C₇-C₁₃ aralkyl that may be substituted with R⁷,C₁-C₃ alkyl substituted with heterocyclyl that may be substituted withR⁷, or C₁-C₃ alkyl substituted with heteroaryl that may be substitutedwith R⁷. R⁸ represents C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷.

Furthermore, R⁷ represents halogen atom, hydroxyl, carboxyl, C₁-C₄alkyl, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, or C₁-C₄alkylsulfinyl.

In addition, in each substituent in the substituent group 1, when R^(6a)and R^(6b), R^(6a) and R^(6c), or R^(6b) and R^(6c) present in one groupare C₁-C₆ alkyls that may be substituted with R⁷, the R^(6a) and R^(6b),R^(6a) and R^(6c), or R^(6b) and R^(6c) may bond each other via a singlebond, —O—, —NR⁹—, or —S(O)_(q)— to form 3- to 7-membered ring structure,wherein q represents an integer of 0 to 2 and R⁹ represents C₁-C₆ alkylthat may be substituted with R⁷.

“3- to 7-membered ring structure” as R¹ may contain two or lessheteroatoms selected from a group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, andsulfur, as an atom forming such ring structure. Examples of R¹ whichforms such “3- to 7-membered ring structure” include, but are notlimited to, 1-piperidyl, 1-pyrrolidinyl, morpholino, thiomorpholino,1,1-dioxothiomorpholin-4-yl, and 1-piperazinyl.

In the above-mentioned formula (1) and formula (1A), examples ofespecially preferred R¹ are halogen atom, —R^(6a), —OR^(6a), and—N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)).

In the above-mentioned formula (1), m represents an integer of 0 to 3,preferably an integer of 1 to 3.

In addition, examples of preferred combination of “Ar¹”, “R¹”, and “m”(—Ar¹—(R¹)_(m)) may be represented by the following structural formulae.

An example of especially more preferred combination of “Ar¹”, “R¹”, and“m” (—Ar¹—(R¹)_(m)) is a substituent represented by the followingformula (2):

(In formula (2), R^(1a) represents —OR^(6a) or —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)); andR^(1b) represents a halogen atom, —R^(6a), —OR^(6a), or—N(R^(6a))(R^(6b))).

In addition, definition of R^(6a) and R^(6b) in R^(1a) and R^(1b) is thesame as the definition of R^(6a) and R^(6b) in the above-mentioned R¹.

In formula (2), especially preferred R^(1a) is exemplified by—N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)).

Another example of especially more preferred combination of “Ar¹”, “R¹”,and “m” (—Ar¹—(R¹)_(m)) is a substituent represented by the followingformula (3):

(In formula (3), R^(1c) represents —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)); and R^(1d)represents a group selected from the substituent group 1).

In addition, definition of R^(6a) and R^(6b) in R^(1c) is the same asthe definition of R^(6a) and R^(6b) in R¹ in the above-mentioned formula(1A). Definition of the substituent selected from the substituent group1 in R^(1d) is the same as the definition of the substituent selectedfrom the substituent group 1 in the above-mentioned formula (1A).

In addition, in formula (2) and (3), when R^(1a), R^(1b), R^(1c) andR^(1d) represent —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)) and such R^(6a) and R^(6b) eachrepresent the C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷, such R^(6a)and R^(6b) may form the above-mentioned “3- to 7-membered ringstructure”.

In the above-mentioned formula (1), R² represents C₁-C₆ alkyl that maybe substituted with the same or different 1 to 6 group(s) selected fromthe substituent group 2. “Substituent group 2” represents a groupconsisting of halogen atom, cyano, —OR^(6a), —O(CO)R^(6a), —COOR^(6a),—CON(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —NR^(6a)(CO)R^(6b),—NR^(6a)(CO)N(R^(6b))(R^(6c)), —S(O)_(q)R^(6a),—N(R^(6a))C(═NR^(6b))(NR^(6c)), C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl that may be substitutedwith R⁷, phenyl that may be substituted with R⁷, and heteroaryl that maybe substituted with R⁷.

In addition, definition of “R^(6a)”, “R^(6b)”, “R^(6c)”, and “R⁷” in“substituent group 2” is the same as the definition of “R^(6a)”,“R^(6b)”, “R^(6c)”, and “R⁷” in “substituent group 1” in theabove-mentioned formula (1).

In addition, in each substituent in the substituent group 2, when R^(6a)and R^(6b), R^(6a) and R^(6c), or R^(6b) and R^(6c) present in one groupare C₁-C₆ alkyls that may be substituted with R⁷, the R^(6a) and R^(6b),R^(6a) and R^(6c), or R^(6b) and R^(6c) may bond each other via a singlebond, —O—, —NR⁹—, or —S(O)_(q)— to form 3- to 7-membered ring structure,wherein R⁸ represents a C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷.

“3- to 7-membered ring structure” as R² may contain two or lessheteroatoms selected from a group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, andsulfur, as an atom forming such ring structure. Examples of the groupselected from the substituent group 2 which forms such “3- to 7-memberedring structure” include, but are not limited to, 1-piperidyl,1-pyrrolidinyl, morpholino, and 1-piperazinyl.

In the above-mentioned formula (1A), R² represents C₁-C₆ alkyl that maybe substituted with the same or different 1 to 6 group(s) selected fromthe substituent group 2. “Substituent group 2” represents a groupconsisting of halogen atom, cyano, —OR^(6a), —O(CO)R^(6a), —COOR^(6a),—CON(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —NR^(6a)(CO)R^(6b),—NR^(6a)(CO)N(R^(6b))(R^(6c)), —S(O)_(q)R^(6a), C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl thatmay be substituted with R⁷, phenyl that may be substituted with R⁷, andheteroaryl that may be substituted with R⁷.

In addition, definition of “R^(6a)”, “R^(6b)”, “R^(6c)”, and “R⁷” in“substituent group 2” is the same as the definition of “R^(6a)”,“R^(6b)”, “R^(6c)”, and “R⁷” in “substituent group 1” of theabove-mentioned formula (1A).

In addition, in each substituent in the substituent group 2, when R^(6a)and R^(6b), R^(6a) and R^(6c) or R^(6b) and R^(6c) present in one groupare C₁-C₆ alkyls that may be substituted with R⁷, the R^(6a) and R^(6b),R^(6a) and R^(6c), or R^(6b) and R^(6c) may bond each other via a singlebond, —O—, —NR⁹—, or —S(O)_(q)— to form 3- to 7-membered ring structure,wherein R⁸ represents C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷.

“3- to 7-membered ring structure” as R² may contain two or lessheteroatoms selected from a group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, andsulfur, as an atom forming such ring structure. Examples of the groupselected from the substituent group 2 which forms such “3- to 7-memberedring structure” include, but are not limited to, 1-piperidyl,1-pyrrolidinyl, morpholino, and 1-piperazinyl.

In the above-mentioned formula (1) and formula (1A), specific examplesof preferred R² include the substituents represented by the followingformulae.

In the above-mentioned formula (1) and formula (1A), R³ and R⁴ are thesame or different from each other and represent hydrogen atom or C₁-C₆alkyl, C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl, C₄-C₉ (cycloalkyl)alkyl, phenyl, heteroaryl,C₇C₉ phenylalkyl, and C₁-C₃ alkyl substituted with heteroaryl, thesegroups may be substituted with the same or different 1 to 6 group(s)selected from the substituent group 3. “Substituent group 3” representshalogen atom, hydroxyl, and C₁-C₆ alkoxy, C₁-C₆ alkylthio, C₁-C₆alkylsulfinyl, and C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl, these groups may be substitutedwith halogen atom. In addition, when both of R³ and R⁴ are C₁-C₆ alkylsthat may be substituted with the same or different 1 to 6 group(s)selected from the substituent group 3, the R³ and R⁴ may bond each othervia a single bond, —O—, —NR⁹—, or —S(O)_(q)— to form 3- to 7-memberedring structure containing the carbon atoms to which R³ and R⁴ arebonding, wherein q represents an integer of 0 to 2 and R⁹ representsC₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with hydrogen atom or R⁷ in formula(1) and C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷ in formula (1A).

“3- to 7-membered ring structure” formed by R³ and R⁴ may contain two orless heteroatoms selected from a group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen,and sulfur, as an atom forming such ring structure. Examples of such “3-to 7-membered ring structure” include, but are not limited to, a ringstructure such as cyclopropane, cyclobutane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane,cycloheptane, tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran, pyrrolidine, piperidine,thiolane, and thiane.

In addition, when R³ and R⁴ do not bond to form a ring structure, eitherR³ or R⁴ represents a group which is not hydrogen atom.

Examples of preferred combination of R³ and R⁴ include the groupsrepresented by the following formulae:

A specific example of more preferred combination of R³ and R⁴ is thecombination in which R³ represents C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl, orC₄-C₉ (cycloalkyl)alkyl, these groups may be substituted with 1 to 6fluorine atom(s) and R⁴ represents a hydrogen atom. Especiallypreferable is the combination in which R³ represents isobutyl that maybe substituted with 1 to 6 fluorine atom(s) and R⁴ represents hydrogenatom.

Another specific example of more preferred combination of R³ and R⁴ isthe combination in which R³ and R⁴ form a cyclohexane ring containingthe carbon atoms to which R³ and R⁴ are bonding.

In the above-mentioned formula (1), L represents a single bond or—(CR¹⁰R¹¹)_(s)—, wherein s represents any integer of 1 to 4. R¹⁰ and R¹¹are the same or different from each other and represent hydrogen atom orC₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷.

Among these, L is preferably a single bond.

In the above-mentioned formula (1) and formula (1A), Ar² representsC₆-C₁₀ aryl or heteroaryl. Specific examples of “aryl” and “heteroaryl”are the same as the above-mentioned definition. Examples of preferred“aryl” or “heteroaryl” of Ar² include phenyl, naphthyl, pyridyl,thienyl, pirazolyl, benzofuryl, benzothienyl, indolyl, benzothiazolyl,benzoimidazolyl, benzoxazolyl, imidazolyl, and thiazolyl. Among these,C₆-C₁₀ aryl (especially phenyl) or pyridyl is preferable. In addition,when Ar² represents “heteroaryl”, the metabolic stability is excellent.Among these, it is especially excellent when the heteroaryl ringrepresents a pyridine ring substituted with a hydroxyl, i.e., pyridonering.

In the above-mentioned formula (1), r represents 0 or 1, preferably 1.When r represents 0, n which will be mentioned later represents 0.

In the above-mentioned formula (1) and formula (1A), Ar³ representsC₆-C₁₀ aryl or heteroaryl. Specific examples of “aryl” and “heteroaryl”are the same as the above-mentioned definition. Examples of preferred“aryl” or “heteroaryl” of Ar³ include phenyl, pyridyl, pyrazinyl,pyrimidinyl, pyridazinyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrazolyl, isoxazolyl,isothiazolyl, imidazolyl, and thiazolyl.

In the above-mentioned formula (1) and formula (1A), n represents 0 or1.

When n represents 1, Ar² and Ar³ each is preferably monocyclic “aryl”and “heteroaryl”.

In the above-mentioned formula (1) and formula (1A), R⁵ represents agroup selected from the substituent group 1. Definition of “substituentgroup 1”, “R^(6a)”, “R^(6b)”, “R^(6c)”, “R⁷”, and “q” in “R⁵” of theabove-mentioned formula (1) and formula (1A) is the same as thedefinition of “substituent group 1”, “R^(6a)”, “R^(6b)”, “R^(6c)”, “R⁷”,and “q” in “R¹” of the above-mentioned formula (1) and formula (1A).Among these, specific examples of preferred R⁵ are halogen atom, cyano,—R^(6a), —OR^(6a), —COOR^(6a), and —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)).

“3- to 7-membered ring structure” as R⁵ may contain two or lessheteroatoms selected from a group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, andsulfur, as an atom forming such ring structure. Examples of R⁵ whichforms such “3- to 7-membered ring structure” include, but are notlimited to, 1-piperidyl, 1-pyrrolidinyl, morpholino, thiomorpholino,1,1-dioxothiomorpholin-4-yl, and 1-piperazinyl.

In the above-mentioned formula (1) and formula (1A), p represents aninteger of 0 to 5, preferably an integer of 0 to 3.

In the above-mentioned formula (1) and formula (1A), the compound or thepharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of which at least one of R¹,the substituent of R¹, the substituent of R² selected from thesubstituent group 2, R⁵, and the substituent of R⁵ represents —COOH hasan excellent metabolic stability and preferable. Similarly, in theabove-mentioned formula (1) and formula (1A), the compound or thepharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of which the group selectedfrom the substituent group 2 substituting R² represents—N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)) or —N(R^(6a))C(═NR^(6b))(NR^(6c)), as well as thecompound or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of which atleast one of R¹, the substituent of R¹, the substituent of R² selectedfrom the substituent group 2, R⁵, and the substituent of R⁵ representscyano are excellent in metabolic stability and preferable.

In addition, examples of preferred combination of “L”, “Ar²”, “Ar³”,“R⁵”, “r”, “n”, and “p” ((R⁵)_(p)—(Ar³)_(n)—(Ar²)_(r)-L-) may berepresented by the following structural formulae.

Among the compounds represented by the above-mentioned formula (1),those represented by the above-mentioned formula (1A) are preferable. Inthe above-mentioned formula (1A), as the combination of Ar¹, Ar², Ar³,R¹, R², R³, R⁴, R⁵, R^(6a), R^(6b), R^(6c), R⁷, R⁸, n, m, and p, thecombination of the preferred groups mentioned above for each ispreferable. The combination of the groups mentioned as especiallypreferable is more preferable.

Among the compounds represented by the above-mentioned formula (1) orformula (1A), those exemplified in the following examples (Compound No.1 to 161) are mentioned as the preferred compounds. In addition, thecompounds exemplified in Table 1 below (Compound No. 162 to 264) arealso preferable. Hereinafter, the compounds of the present invention arereferred to as the compounds represented by formula (1) as the conceptincluding the compounds represented by formula (1A).

TABLE 1

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General Synthetic Method

The compounds and their intermediates of the present invention cansynthesized according to, for example, any of the synthetic methodsdescribed below. In each formula, Ar¹, Ar², Ar³, L, R¹, R², R³, R⁴, R⁵,m, n, p, and r are as defined in formula (1). In addition, the reagents,solvents or the like as the reaction conditions described in thechemical formulae are only for exemplification as described also in thepresent text. Each substituent may be protected by an appropriateprotection group as needed, and may be deprotected at appropriate stage.Note that, as appropriate protection groups and methods of removal ofthe protection group, a protection group for each substituent widelyused in this field and a known method can employed (ReferenceLiterature: Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis, Third Edition, JohnWiley & Sons, Inc.).

In addition, when abbreviation of the substituent, reagent, and solventis used in the present text or Tables, the abbreviation each representsthe followings.

HATU: O-(7-azabenzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyluroniumhexafluorophosphatePyBOP: benzotriazol-1-yloxytris(pyrrolidino)phosphoniumhexafluorophosphateX-Phos: 2-(di-tert-butylphosphino)-2′,4′,6′-triisopropyl-1,1′-biphenyl

DMF: N,N-dimethylformamide

THF: tetrahydrofuranPh: phenylTFA: trifluoroacetic acid

(1) Synthesis of Compound of Formula (7)

The compound of formula (7) may be synthesized according to the methoddescribed in, for example, US Patent Publication 2006/030731 and thelike.

That is, first, the aminoacetic acid ester derivative of formula (4) isreacted with the ketone derivative of formula (5) to synthesize theimine intermediate of formula (6). Then, by reacting the imineintermediate of formula (6) with an appropriate reducing agent, thecompound of formula (7) is synthesized. The ketone derivative of formula(5) cam be synthesized referring to, for example, Tetrahedron, 2006, 62,5092-5098; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 1998, 37, 6, 820-821; and the like.

The compound of formula (7) may also be synthesized according to themethod described in WO2003/075836; J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 4320-4323;Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2008, 18, 923-928; and the like.

That is, first, the amine derivative of formula (8) with a hydroxylprotected by an appropriate protection group is reacted withtrifluoroacetaldehyde to synthesize the imine intermediate of formula(9). Meanwhile, an organometallic reagent of formula (10) such as anorganolithium reagent or a Grignard reagent is prepared according to thecommon method. By reacting the organometallic reagent of formula (10)with the imine intermediate of formula (9), the intermediate of formula(11) is synthesized. By subsequent removal of the protection group Pfrom the hydroxyl and oxidation, the compound of formula (7) issynthesized.

(2) Synthesis of the Compound of Formula (1) from the Compound ofFormula (7)

(Route A)

By reacting the compound of formula (7) with the amine derivative offormula (12) in the presence of appropriate activating agent of acarboxyl (for example, HATU or PyBOP) and in the presence or absence ofappropriate base (for example, triethylamine orN-ethyl-N,N-diisopropylamine) and in an appropriate organic solvent (forexample, DMF or THF) in a temperature range from 0° C. to theheat-reflux temperature of the solvent, the compound of formula (1) issynthesized.

(Route B)

By reacting the compound of formula (7) with an appropriately protectedamine derivative represented by formula (13) in the presence of anappropriate activating agent of carboxyl (for example, HATU or PyBOP)and in the presence or absence of an appropriate base (for example,triethylamine or N-ethyl-N,N-diisopropylamine) and in an appropriateorganic solvent (for example, DMF or THF) in a temperature range from 0°C. to the heat-reflux temperature of the solvent, followed bydeprotection under an appropriate deprotection condition, the compoundof formula (14) is synthesized. By reacting the compound of formula (14)with a reagent having a leaving group represented by formula (15) in thepresence or absence of an appropriate Cu reagent (for example, copper(11) acetate), in the presence or absence of an appropriate additive(for example, myristic acid), in the presence of an appropriate base(for example, 2,6-lutidine, triethylamine, orN-ethyl-N,N-diisopropylamine) and in an appropriate organic solvent (forexample, toluene, acetonitrile, DMF, or 2-propanol) or a mixed solventthereof, in a temperature range from 0° C. to the heat-refluxtemperature of the solvent, the compound represented by the formula (1)is synthesized.

(3) Conversion of the Compound of Formula (1) and the Compound ofFormula (11) (Route C)

To the compound of formula (1) or the compound of formula (11), when nor r is 1 and R⁵ is bromine or iodine, by performing the Suzuki-Miyauracross-coupling reaction, the compound of formula (1c) and formula (11c)in which the structure of R⁵ is converted into W (aryl or heteroaryl)can synthesized. That is, by reacting the compound of formula (1) or thecompound of formula (11) with a boric acid reagent represented byWB(OR)₂ (in which W is an aryl or heteroaryl) in the presence of anappropriate Pd catalyst (for example, Pd₂(dba)₃) and an appropriateligand (for example, X-Phos), or an appropriate complex of Pd catalystand ligand (for example, PdCl₂(dppf).CH₂Cl₂), in the presence of anappropriate base (for example, cesium carbonate or potassiumtert-butoxide), and in an appropriate solvent (for example, DMF,2-propanol, or water) or a mixed solvent thereof, in a temperature rangefrom room temperature to the heat-reflux temperature of the solvent, thecompound of formula (1c) or the compound of formula (11c) issynthesized.

(Route D)

To the compound of formula (1) or the compound of formula (11), when R⁵is bromine or iodine, the compound (1d) and the compound (11d) in whichthe structure of R⁵ is converted into a cyano can be synthesized.

When n or r is 1, by performing the Negishi cross-coupling reaction, thestructure of R⁵ can converted into a cyano. That is, by reacting thecompound of formula (1) or the compound of formula (11) with anappropriate metal cyanide reagent (for example, Zn(CN)₂)) in thepresence of an appropriate Pd catalyst (for example, Pd₂(dba)₃) and anappropriate ligand (for example, X-Phos), or an appropriate complex ofPd catalyst and ligand (for example, PdCl₂(dppf).CH₂Cl₂), and in anappropriate solvent (for example, DMF or THF), in a temperature rangefrom room temperature to the heat-reflux temperature of the solvent, thecompound of formula (1d) or the compound of formula (11d) issynthesized.

When n=r=0 and L is not a single bond, by reacting the compound offormula (1) or the compound of formula (11) with an appropriate metalcyanide reagent (for example, KCN) in an appropriate solvent (forexample, DMF or THF) in a temperature range from room temperature to theheat-reflux temperature of the solvent, the compound of formula (1d) orthe compound of formula (11d) is synthesized.

(Route E)

To the compound of formula (1) or the compound of formula (11), when R⁵is bromine or iodine, the compound (1e) and the compound (11e) in whichthe structure of R⁵ is converted into —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)) can besynthesized.

When n or r is 1, by performing the Buchwald-Hartwig cross-couplingreaction, the structure of R⁵ can be converted into —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)).That is, by reacting the compound of formula (1) or the compound offormula (11) with an amine represented by (R^(6a))(R^(6b))NH in thepresence of an appropriate Pd catalyst (for example, Pd₂(dba)₃) and anappropriate ligand (for example, X-Phos), or an appropriate complex ofPd catalyst and ligand (for example, PdCl₂(dppf).CH₂Cl₂), in thepresence of an appropriate base (for example, cesium carbonate orpotassium tert-butoxide), and in an appropriate solvent (for example,toluene or DMF) or a mixed solvent thereof, in a temperature range fromroom temperature to the heat-reflux temperature of the solvent, thecompound of formula (1e) or the compound of formula (11e) issynthesized.

When n=r=0 and L is not a single bond, by reacting the compound offormula (1) or the compound of formula (11) with an amine represented by(R^(6a))(R^(6b))NH in the presence or absence of an appropriate base(for example, N-ethyl-N,N-diisopropylamine) in an appropriate solvent(for example, DMF or THF) in a temperature range from room temperatureto the heat-reflux temperature of the solvent, the compound of formula(1e) or the compound of formula (11e) is synthesized.

(Route F)

To the compound of formula (1) or the compound of formula (11), when nor r is 1 and R⁵ is bromine or iodine, by performing the Sonogashiracross-coupling reaction, the compound of formula (1f) and formula (11f)in which the structure of R⁵ is converted into 1-alkynyl can besynthesized. That is, by reacting the compound of formula (1) or thecompound of formula (11) with 1-alkyne in the presence of an appropriatePd catalyst (for example, Pd₂(dba)₃) and an appropriate ligand (forexample, X-Phos), or an appropriate complex of Pd catalyst and ligand(for example, PdCl₂(dppf).CH₂Cl₂), in the presence of an appropriate Cucatalyst (for example, copper(I) iodide or copper(I) bromide), and inthe presence of an appropriate base (for example, triethylamine,diethylamine, or piperidine), and in an appropriate solvent (forexample, DMF, THF, or triethylamine), in a temperature range from roomtemperature to the heat-reflux temperature of the solvent, the compoundof formula (1f) or the compound of formula (11f) is synthesized.

(Route G)

To the compound of formula (1) or the compound of formula (11), when R⁵is bromine or iodine, by performing the hydrogen reduction, the compoundof formula (1g) and formula (11g) can be synthesized. That is, byreacting the compound of formula (1) or the compound of formula (11)with an appropriate hydrogen source (for example, hydrogen gas, ammoniumformate, or cyclohexene) in the presence of an appropriate Pd catalyst(for example, Pd/C) and in an appropriate solvent (for example,methanol, ethanol, or tetrahydrofuran), in a temperature from roomtemperature to the heat-reflux temperature of the solvent, the compoundof formula (1g) or the compound of formula (11g) is synthesized.

In addition, besides the conversion of the above-mentioned Route A to G,the conversion reaction that is well known to those skilled in the artcan be performed to the compound of formula (1) of the presentinvention. For example, when the compound of formula (1) of the presentinvention has a substituent(s) which is easily convertible, such as—O(CO)R^(6a), —COOR^(6a), or nitro, each substituent can be converted byperforming the reaction well known to those skilled in the art. That is,for example, —O(CO)R^(6a) can be converted into hydroxyl, —COOR^(6a)into carboxyl or hydroxymethyl, and nitro into amino.

When the compound of formula (1) of the present invention has carboxyl,the compound can converted into the compound of formula (1) of thepresent invention having a substituent(s) such as —COOR^(6a) and—CON(R^(6a))(R^(6b)) by the reaction well known to those skilled in theart.

When the compound of formula (1) of the present invention has ahydroxyl, the compound can converted into the compound of formula (1) ofthe present invention having a substituent(s) such as —OR^(6a) and—O(CO)R^(6a) by the reaction well known to those skilled in the art.

When the compound of formula (1) of the present invention has amino, thecompound can converted into the compound of formula (1) having asubstituent such as N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —NR^(6a)(CO)R^(6b),—NR^(6a)(CO)N(R^(6b))(R^(6c)), and —NR^(6a)S(O)₂R^(6b) by the reactionwell known to those skilled in the art.

When the compound of formula (1) of the present invention has cyano, thecompound can converted into the compound of formula (1) of the presentinvention having a substituent such as triazolyl and tetrazolyl by thereaction well known to those skilled in the art.

The present invention also relates to the pharmaceutically acceptablesalt of the compound represented by formula (1). Examples of such saltinclude a salt with an inorganic acid such as hydrogen chloride,hydrogen bromide, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, andcarbonic acid; a salt with an organic acid such as maleic acid, fumaricacid, citric acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, lactic acid, succinicacid, benzoic acid, oxalic acid, methanesulfonic acid, benzenesulfonicacid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, acetic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, andformic acid; a salt with an amino acid such as glycine, lysine,arginine, hisitidine, ornithine, glutamic acid, and aspartic acid; asalt with an alkali metal such as sodium, potassium, and lithium; a saltwith an alkali earth metal such as calcium and magnesium; a salt with ametal such as aluminum, zinc, and iron; a salt with an organic oniumsuch as tetramethylammonium and choline; and a salt with an organic basesuch as ammonia, propanediamine, pyrrolidine, piperidine, pyridine,ethanolamine, N,N-dimethylethanolamine, 4-hydroxypiperidine,t-octylamine, dibenzylamine, morpholine, glucosamine, phenylglycylalkylester, ethylenediamine, N-methylglucamine, guanidine, diethylamine,triethylamine, dicyclohexylamine, N,N′-dibenzylethylenediamine,chloroprocaine, procaine, diethanolamine, N-benzylphenylamine,piperazine, and tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane.

The above-mentioned various pharmaceutically acceptable salts of thecompound represented by formula (1) can be appropriately produced basedon the ordinary knowledge of such technical field.

The compound of the present invention includes the stereoisomer,racemate, and all possible optically active substances of the compoundrepresented by formula (1). In addition, the compound of the presentinvention may form tautomer depending on the combination of eachsubstituent. Such tautomers are also included in the compound of thepresent invention. Examples of the combination of the substituent whichforms such tautomer include, but are not limited to, the followingstructure.

The compound represented by formula (1) of the present invention and thepharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof have excellent cysteineprotease inhibitory effect, especially excellent cathepsin K inhibitoryeffect. Due to its excellent cysteine protease inhibitory effect, thecompound represented by formula (1) of the present invention and thepharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are useful as cysteine proteaseinhibitors (especially cathepsin K inhibitors).

The compound represented by formula (1) of the present invention and thepharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be used as drugs clinicallyapplicable as a cathepsin K inhibitor for treatment and prevention ofthe disease selected from a group consisting of osteoporosis,osteoarthritis, chronic rheumatoid arthritis, Paget's disease of bone,hypercalcemia, bone metastasis of cancer, and ostealgia.

The compound represented by the above-mentioned formula (1) and thepharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be used to prepare apharmaceutical composition along with a pharmaceutically acceptablecarrier and/or diluent. The pharmaceutical composition can be formedinto various formulations for oral or parenteral administration.Examples of a parenteral administration include venous, subcutaneous,intramuscular, percutaneous, or intrarectal administration.

The drug formulation containing one or more of the compound representedby formula (1) of the present invention or the pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient is prepared using acarrier, diluent, or other additives which are usually used for drugformulation. As a carrier or diluent for drug formulation, any of solidand liquid may be used, examples of which include lactose, magnesiumstearate, starch, talc, gelatin, agar, pectin, gum Arabic, olive oil,sesame oil, cacao butter, ethyleneglycol, and others in common use.Administration may be done in any form of oral administration of tablet,ball, capsule, granule, powder, liquid, and the like, parenteraladministration by injection such as venous or intramuscular injectionand the like, suppository, percutaneous administration, and others.

The compound represented by formula (1) of the present invention and thepharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof have good properties as a drugin safety, stability, pharmaceutical effect, sustainability of theaction, physical properties, pharmacokinetics, preservative property,producibility, and the like.

The compound represented by formula (1) of the present invention or thepharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be administered usually inthe range of 0.1 to 1,000 mg, preferably in the range of 1 to 100 mg,per day for adult, dividing the dosage into one or several times,although the dosage varies according to the kind of disease,administration route, or symptom, age, sex, or body weight of thepatient, and the like. However, since the dosage varies according tovarious conditions, the smaller dosage than the above-mentioned may besufficient in some cases and the dosage exceeding the above range may benecessary in other cases. In the case of intravenous administration, thedosage is desirably administered in a range of 0.01 to 100 mg,preferably 0.1 to 10 mg, per day for adult, dividing the dosage into oneor several times, depending on the symptom.

EXAMPLES

Hereinafter the present invention will be explained based on specificexamples. However, the present invention is not limited to theseexamples.

The structure of the novel compound isolated was identified by ¹H-NMRand/or mass spectrometry using single quadrupole instrumentationequipped with an electron spray source, and other appropriate analyticalmethods.

As for the compound which ¹H-NMR spectrum (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆ or CDCl₃)was measured, its chemical shift (δ: ppm) and coupling constant (J: Hz)are shown. As for the result of mass spectroscopy, the observed value ofM⁺+H, that is the value of the molecular mass of the compound (M) with aproton (H⁺) added is shown. In addition, the following abbreviation eachrepresents the followings. s=singlet, d=doublet, t=triplet, q=quartet,brs=broad singlet, m=multiplet.

Reference Example 1 Synthesis of(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoicacid (Reference Example Compound 1)

Reference Example Compound 1

Reference example compound 1 was synthesized according to the methoddescribed in the literature (WO2003/075836 and J. Org. Chem., 2006, 71,4320-4323), using benzyl N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-L-aspartate as astarting material.

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 8.02 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.76 (d, J=8.0Hz, 2H), 7.63 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.51 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 4.30 (q, J=7.0Hz, 1H), 3.68 (dd, J=8.0, 4.1 Hz, 1H), 3.10 (s, 3H), 2.26-2.10 (m, 1H),2.07-1.90 (m, 1H), 1.50 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 3H), 1.44 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 3H).

ESI/MS m/e: 462.0 (M⁺+H, C₂₁H₂₃F₄NO₄S).

Reference Example 2 Synthesis of(2S)-2-[{(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(4-bromophenyl)ethyl}amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoicacid (Reference Example Compound 2)

Reference Example Compound 2

The reference example compound 2 was synthesized according to the methoddescribed in Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2008, 18, 923-928, using benzylN-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-L-aspartate as a starting substance.

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.52 (2H, dt, J=8.9, 2.1 Hz), 7.26 (2H,t, J=4.3 Hz), 4.18 (1H, q, J=7.0 Hz), 3.65 (1H, dd, J=7.8, 4.4 Hz), 2.16(1H, ddd, J=23.3, 15.0, 4.4 Hz), 1.96 (1H, dq, J=20.7, 6.1 Hz), 1.46(6H, dd, J=21.7, 9.5 Hz).

ESI/MS m/e: 387.2 (M⁺+H, C₁₄H₁₆BrF₄NO₂).

Reference Example 3 Synthesis of1-[(2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]cyclohexanecarboxylic acid(Reference Example Compound 3)

Reference Example Compound 3

1-Aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid methyl ester (157 mg) was dissolved inmethanol (2.0 mL) and then potassium carbonate (138 mg) and2,2,2-trifluoroacetophenone (154 μL) were added. The mixture solutionwas heated while stirring at 50° C. for 18 hours. The reaction solutionwas cooled to room temperature and the insoluble matter was separated byfiltration. The filtrate was concentrated and the residue was washedwith diethyl ether to obtain the crude product of imine intermediate.

The crude product was suspended in THF (6.4 mL) and sodiumtetrahydroborate (151 mg) and water (0.26 mL) were added. The mixturesolution was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours and then heatedwhile stirring at 60° C. for 3 hours. The reaction solution was cooledto room temperature and the reaction was quenched with aqueous 1 mol/Lsodium hydroxide solution (12 mL). To the solution, hexane (3 mL) wasadded and the separated organic layer was removed. After adding 2 mol/Lhydrochloric acid (12 mL) to the aqueous layer, sodium chloride wasadded until the aqueous solution was saturated, and then extraction wasperformed with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over anhydroussodium sulfate and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo toobtain the crude product of the title compound (Reference examplecompound 3: 120 mg). The crude product was used for the subsequentreaction without further purification.

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆) δ (ppm): 12.10 (brs, 1H), 7.55-7.25 (m, 5H),6.53 (s, 1H), 4.44 (m, 2H), 2.92 (brs, 1H), 1.05-2.05 (m, 10H).

ESI/MS m/e: 302.1 (M⁺+H, C₁₅H₁₈F₃NO₂).

Reference Example 4 Synthesis of((2S)-2-aminobutyl)(4-methoxyphenyl)amine (Reference Example Compound 4)

Reference Example Compound 4

The reference example compound 4 was synthesized according to the methoddescribed in the literature (Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2006, 14, 6789-6806),using 4-methoxyaniline as a starting material, and obtained as ahydrochloride.

ESI/MS m/e: 195.1 (M⁺+H, C₁₁H₁₈N₂O).

Reference Example 5 Synthesis of((2S)-2-amino-3-benzyloxypropyl)(4-methoxyphenyl)amine (ReferenceExample Compound 5)

Reference Example Compound 5

The reference example compound 5 was synthesized according to the methoddescribed in the literature (Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2006, 14, 6789-6806),using 4-methoxyaniline and(R)-(+)-3-benzyloxy-2-{(tert-butoxy)carbonylamino}-1-propanol as astarting material, and obtained as a hydrochloride.

ESI/MS m/e: 287.1 (M⁺+H, C₁₇H₂₂N₂O₂).

Reference Example 6 Synthesis of{(2S)-2-amino-3-(tert-butyldimethylsiloxy)propyl}(4-methoxyphenyl)amine(Reference Example Compound 6)

Reference Example Compound 6

The reference example compound 6 was synthesized referring to theliterature (Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2006, 14, 6789-6806), using4-methoxyaniline and(R)-(+)-N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)serinol as astarting material, and obtained as a free base using trifluoroaceticacid instead of hydrogen chloride.

ESI/MS m/e: 311.2 (M⁺+H, C₁₆H₃₀N₂O₂Si).

Reference Example 7 Synthesis of((2S)-2-aminobutyl)(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amine (Reference ExampleCompound 7)

Reference Example Compound 7

The reference example compound 7 was synthesized according to the methoddescribed in the literature (Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2006, 14, 6789-6806),using 2,4-dimethoxyaniline as a starting material, and obtained as ahydrochloride.

ESI/MS m/e: 225.1 (M⁺+H, C₁₂H₂₀N₂O₂).

Reference Example 8 Synthesis of((2S)-2-aminobutyl)(3,4-diethoxyphenyl)amine (Reference Example Compound8)

Reference Example Compound 8

The reference example compound 8 was synthesized according to the methoddescribed in the literature (Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2006, 14, 6789-6806),using 3,4-diethoxyaniline as a starting material, and obtained as ahydrochloride.

ESI/MS m/e: 253.2 (M⁺+H, C₁₄H₂₄N₂O₂).

Reference Example 9 Synthesis of((2S)-2-aminobutyl)(4-morpholin-4-ylphenyl)amine (Reference ExampleCompound 9)

Reference Example Compound 9

The reference example compound 9 was synthesized according to the methoddescribed in the literature (Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2006, 16,1502-1505), using 4-morpholinoaniline as a starting material, andobtained as a hydrochloride.

ESI/MS m/e: 250.1 (M⁺+H, C₁₄H₂₃N₃O).

Reference Example 10 Synthesis of((2S)-2-aminobutyl)(4-piperidin-1-ylphenyl)amine (Reference ExampleCompound 10)

Reference Example Compound 10

The reference example compound 10 was synthesized according to themethod described in the literature (Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2006, 16,1502-1505), using 4-piperidin-1-ylaniline as a starting material, andobtained as a hydrochloride.

ESI/MS m/e: 248.2 (M+H, C₁₅H₂₅N₃).

Example 1 Synthesis ofN-((1S)-1-{[(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl){[(2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]cyclohexyl}carboxamide(8) (Route A)

1-[(2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]cyclohexane carboxylic acid(Reference Example Compound 3: 15 mg) was dissolved inN,N-dimethylformamide (500 μL). To this solution, HATU (19 mg) andtriethylamine (7 μL) were added under ice cooling, and the solution wasstirred. This solution was added to((2S)-2-aminobutyl)(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amine (Reference ExampleCompound 7: 18 mg, hydrochloride) under ice cooling, and furthertriethylamine (14 μL) was added to the mixture solution. The mixture wasstirred for 1 hour under ice cooling. The reaction was quenched withsaturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution. The organic layer wasextracted with ethyl acetate, washed with saturated saline, dried overanhydrous sodium sulfate, and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated invacuo and the residue was purified by high performance liquidchromatography to obtain the title compound (8: 19 mg,trifluoroacetate).

In addition, a portion of the obtained title compound (8,trifluoroacetate) was dissolved in ethyl acetate and the solution waswashed with aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution. The organiclayer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and filtered. The filtratewas concentrated in vacuo to obtain the title compound (8, free base).

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.37-7.27 (m, 5H), 6.96 (t, J=7.7 Hz,1H), 6.61 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 0.5H), 6.55 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 0.5H), 6.47-6.39 (m,2H), 4.15-3.98 (m, 2H), 3.82 (s, 1.5H), 3.79 (s, 1.5H), 3.76 (s, 1.5H),3.75 (s, 1.5H), 3.25-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.21-2.09 (m, 1H), 2.06-1.94 (m, 1H),1.86-1.75 (m, 1H), 1.72-1.18 (m, 8H), 1.00-0.85 (m, 4H).

ESI/MS m/e: 508.2 (M⁺+H, C₂₇H₃₆F₃N₃O₃).

Example 2 Synthesis of(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(1) (Route A)

Similarly to Example 1, by reacting(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoicacid (Reference Example Compound 1: 20 mg) with((2S)-2-aminobutyl)(4-methoxyphenyl)amine (Reference Example Compound 4:17 mg), the title compound (1: 24 mg, trifluoroacetate) was obtained.

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.99 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 2H), 7.64 (d, J=8.5Hz, 2H), 7.42 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 2H), 7.34 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 6.96 (d, J=9.3Hz, 1H), 6.73 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 2H), 6.49 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 2H), 4.17 (t, J=7.1Hz, 1H), 4.07-3.95 (m, 1H), 3.76-3.71 (m, 4H), 3.09 (s, 3H), 3.05-2.99(m, 2H), 2.78-2.72 (m, 1H), 2.18-1.92 (m, 2H), 1.65-1.30 (m, 8H), 0.88(t, J=7.4 Hz, 3H).

ESI/MS m/e: 638.2 (M⁺+H, C₃₂H₃₉F₄N₃O₄S).

Example 3 Synthesis ofN-{(1R)-2-[(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]-1-[(phenylmethoxy)methyl]ethyl}(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(2) (Route A)

Similarly to Example 1, by reacting(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoicacid (Reference Example Compound 1: 20 mg) with((2S)-2-amino-3-benzyloxypropyl)(4-methoxyphenyl)amine (ReferenceExample Compound 5: 19 mg), the title compound (2: 22 mg,trifluoroacetate) was obtained.

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.97 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 2H), 7.63-7.53 (m,3H), 7.41-7.26 (m, 9H), 6.69 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 2H), 6.48 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 2H),4.48 (d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H), 4.44 (d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H), 4.22-4.15 (m, 2H),3.72 (s, 3H), 3.67-3.56 (m, 2H), 3.46 (dd, J=9.5 Hz, J=3.9 Hz, 1H), 3.10(s, 3H), 3.08-2.99 (m, 2H), 2.93 (brs, 1H), 2.17-1.88 (m, 2H), 1.53-1.40(m, 6H).

ESI/MS m/e: 730.2 (M⁺+H, C₃₈H₄₃F₄N₃O₅S).

Example 4 Synthesis ofN-((1R)-2-hydroxy-1-{[(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}ethyl)(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(3) (Route A)

Similarly to Example 1, by reacting(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoicacid (Reference Example Compound 1: 33 mg) with{(2S)-2-amino-3-(tert-butyldimethylsiloxy)propyl}(4-methoxyphenyl)amine(Reference Example Compound 6: 27 mg),N-{(1R)-2-[(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]-1-[(1,1,2,2-tetramethyl-1-silapropoxy)methyl]ethyl}(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(48 mg, free base) was obtained.

TheN-{(1R)-2-[(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]-1-[(1,1,2,2-tetramethyl-1-silapropoxy)methyl]ethyl}(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide was dissolved inmethanol (0.64 mL) and then hydrogen chloride (64 μL, 4 mol/L dioxanesolution) was added to the mixture solution. The mixture was stirred atroom temperature for 1.5 hours. This reaction solution was concentratedin vacuo and the residue was purified by high performance liquidchromatography (neutral system). To a fraction containing the titlecompound (3), 6 mol/L hydrochloric acid (20 mL) was added, and themixture solution was concentrated in vacuo to obtain the title compound(3: 32 mg, hydrochloride).

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.99 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 2H), 7.65 (d, J=8.5Hz, 2H), 7.55 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.45-7.38 (m, 4H), 6.71 (d, J=8.8 Hz,2H), 6.53 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 2H), 4.27-4.20 (m, 1H), 4.10-4.00 (m, 1H),3.76-3.62 (m, 6H), 3.17-3.10 (m, 4H), 3.07-2.92 (m, 2H), 2.20-1.95 (m,2H), 1.50 (d, J=11.0, 3H), 1.45 (d, J=11.0, 3H).

ESI/MS m/e: 640.2 (M⁺+H, C₃₁H₃₇F₄N₃O₅S).

Example 5 Synthesis of(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(3,4-diethoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(4) (Route A)

Similarly to Example 1, by reacting(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoicacid (Reference Example Compound 1: 23 mg) with((2S)-2-aminobutyl)(3,4-diethoxyphenyl)amine (Reference Example Compound8: 20 mg, hydrochloride), the title compound (4: 23 mg,trifluoroacetate) was obtained.

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.99 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 2H), 7.65 (d, J=8.5Hz, 2H), 7.42 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 2H), 7.32 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 6.96 (d, J=9.5Hz, 1H), 6.75 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 1H), 6.14 (d, J=2.7 Hz, 1H), 6.03 (dd, J=8.5Hz, 2.7 Hz, 1H), 4.23-4.14 (m, 1H), 4.07-3.90 (m, 5H), 3.74 (d, J=9.5Hz, 1H), 3.66 (brs, 1H), 3.12 (s, 3H), 3.03 (dd, J=11.6 Hz, J=3.8 Hz,2H), 2.72 (dd, J=11.6 Hz, J=8.9 Hz, 1H), 2.18-1.92 (m, 2H), 1.63-1.55(m, 1H), 1.51 (d, J=17.7 Hz, 3H), 1.46 (d, J=17.7 Hz, 3H), 1.42-1.32 (m,7H), 0.89 (t, J=7.4 Hz, 3H).

ESI/MS m/e: 696.3 (M⁺+H, C₃₅H₄₅F₄N₃O₅S).

Example 6 Synthesis of(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(5) (Route A)

Similarly to Example 1, by reacting(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoicacid (Reference Example Compound 1: 23 mg) with((2S)-2-aminobutyl)(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amine (Reference ExampleCompound 7: 18 mg, hydrochloride), the title compound (5: 28 mg,trifluoroacetate) was obtained.

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.99 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 2H), 7.66 (d, J=8.5Hz, 2H), 7.38 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 2H), 7.29 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 6.88 (d, J=9.3Hz, 1H), 6.47-6.35 (m, 3H) 4.26-4.14 (m, 1H), 4.10-4.00 (m, 1H),3.83-3.72 (m, 7H), 3.13-3.02 (m, 5H), 2.73 (dd, J=12.1 Hz, J=4.6 Hz,1H), 2.19-1.92 (m, 2H), 1.63-1.31 (m, 8H), 0.88 (t, J=7.4 Hz, 3H).

ESI/MS m/e: 668.2 (M⁺+H, C₃₃H₄₁F₄N₃O₅S).

Example 7 Synthesis of(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)-2-{[(1S)-1-(4-bromophenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl]amino}-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(6)(Route A)

Similarly to Example 1, by reacting(2S)-2-[{(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(4-bromophenyl)ethyl}amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoicacid (Reference Example Compound 2: 50 mg) with((2S)-2-aminobutyl)(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amine (Reference ExampleCompound 7: 46 mg, hydrochloride), the title compound (6: 22 mg,trifluoroacetate) was obtained.

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.29-7.26 (2H, m), 7.00 (2H, d, J=8.0Hz), 6.74 (1H, d, J=9.3 Hz), 6.49-6.45 (3H, m), 4.11-4.01 (2H, m), 3.83(3H, d, J=1.0 Hz), 3.78 (3H, d, J=1.2 Hz), 3.08-3.00 (2H, m), 2.73-2.68(1H, m), 2.15-1.90 (2H, m), 1.61-1.55 (2H, m), 1.52-1.42 (6H, m), 0.88(3H, t, J=7.3 Hz).

ESI/MS m/e: 593.1 (M⁺+H, C₂₆H₃₄BrF₄N₃O₃).

Example 8 Synthesis of(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(4-morpholin-4-ylphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(9)(Route A)

Similarly to Example 1, by reacting(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoicacid (Reference Example Compound 1: 20 mg) with((2S)-2-aminobutyl)(4-morpholin-4-ylphenyl)amine (Reference ExampleCompound 9: 22 mg, hydrochloride), the title compound (9: 8 mg,trifluoroacetate) was obtained.

ESI/MS m/e: 693.2 (M⁺+H, C₃₅H₄₄F₄N₄O₄S).

Example 9 Synthesis of(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(4-piperidin-1-ylphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(10)(Route A)

Similarly to Example 1, by reacting(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-{4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]phenyl}ethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoicacid (Reference Example Compound 1: 20 mg) with((2S)-2-aminobutyl)(4-piperidin-1-ylphenyl)amine (Reference ExampleCompound 10: 22 mg, hydrochloride), the title compound (10: 18 mg,trifluoroacetate) was obtained.

ESI/MS m/e: 691.2 (M⁺+H, C₃₆H₄₆F₄N₄O₃S).

Example 10 Synthesis ofN-((1S)-1-{[(4-morpholin-1-ylphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl){[(2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]cyclohexyl}carboxamide(11) (RouteA)

Similarly to Example 1, by reacting1-[(2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]cyclohexanecarboxylic acid(Reference Example Compound 3: 9 mg) with((2S)-2-aminobutyl)(4-morpholin-4-ylphenyl)amine (Reference ExampleCompound 9: 12 mg, hydrochloride), the title compound (11: 8 mg,trifluoroacetate) was obtained.

ESI/MS m/e: 533.3 (M⁺+H, C₂₉H₃₉F₃N₄O₂).

Example 11 Synthesis of(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(7)(Route G)

(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)-2-{[(1S)-1-(4-bromophenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl]amino}-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(6: 31 mg) was dissolved in methanol (1 mL). To this solution,palladium-activated carbon (10% Pd) (3 mg) was added, and the mixturewas stirred under hydrogen atmosphere at room temperature for 2.5 hours.The reaction solution was filtered through celite and celite was washedwith ethyl acetate. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and theresidue was purified by high performance liquid chromatography to obtainthe title compound (7: 13 mg, trifluoroacetate).

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.30-7.26 (1H, m), 7.24-7.18 (4H, m),6.78 (1H, d, J=9.5 Hz), 6.48-6.41 (3H, m), 4.13-3.95 (2H, m), 3.85-3.81(3H, m), 3.81-3.77 (3H, m), 3.12-3.04 (1H, m), 2.99 (1H, dd, J=12.3, 5.0Hz), 2.70 (1H, dd, J=12.2, 7.8 Hz), 2.16-1.91 (2H, m), 1.60-1.39 (8H,m), 0.85 (3H, t, J=7.4 Hz).

ESI/MS m/e: 514.3 (M⁺+H, C₂₆H₃₅F₄N₃O₃).

Reference Example 11 Synthesis of{(1S)-1-[(1,1-diethyl-1-silapropoxy)methyl]-3-methylbutyl}[(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(4-methylthiophenyl)ethyl]amine(Reference Example Compound 11)

Reference Example Compound 11

Reference example compound 11 was synthesized according to the methoddescribed in the literature (WO2003/075836 and J. Org. Chem., 2006, 71,4320-4323), using 1-bromo-4-methylthiobenzene as a starting material.

ESI/MS m/e: 436.2 (M⁺+H, C₂₁H₃₆F₃NOSSi).

Reference Example 12 Synthesis of(1-(2H-benzo[3,4-d]1,3-dioxolen-5-yl)(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl){(1S)-1-[(1,1-diethyl-1-silapropoxy)methyl]-3-methylbutyl}amine(Reference Example Compound 12)

Reference Example Compound 12

Reference example compound 12 was synthesized according to the methoddescribed in Reference Example A, using4-bromo-1,2-(methylenedioxy)benzene as a starting material.

ESI/MS m/e: 434.2 (M⁺+H, C₂₁H₃₄F₃NO₃Si).

Reference Example 13 Synthesis of2,2,2-trifluoro-1-[4-(1,1,2,2-tetramethyl-1-silapropoxy)phenyl]ethan-1-one(Reference Example Compound 13)

Reference Example Compound 13

Reference example compound 13 was synthesized according to the methoddescribed in the literature (J. Org. Chem., 1991, 56, 2, 893-896), using1-bromo-4-(1,1,2,2-tetramethyl-1-silapropoxy)benzene as a startingmaterial.

ESI/MS m/e: 247.2 (M⁺+H, C₁₄H₁₉F₃O₂Si).

Hereinafter, the compounds described in Reference Example 14 toReference Example 18 were synthesized according to the method describedin Reference Example 13, using the corresponding starting materials andreagents. Their structures and M⁺+H observed by GC/MS, i.e., themeasured value observed as the value of the compound molecular weight(M) with proton (H⁺), are summarized in Table 2 below.

TABLE 2 Reference Example No. Structure M⁺ + H 14

248.1 15

240.1 16

175.1 17

205.1 18

191.1

Hereinafter, the compounds described in Reference Example 19 toReference Example 44 were synthesized according to the method describedin Reference Examples 1 to 3, using the corresponding starting materialsand reagents. Their structures, NMR spectra and M⁺+H observed by LC/MS,i.e., the measured value observed as the value of the compound molecularweight (M) with proton (H⁺), are summarized in Table 3 below.

TABLE 3 Reference Example No. Structure M⁺ + H NMR 19

308.1 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.43-7.36 (5H, m), 4.21 (1H, q, J = 7.2 Hz),3.64 (1H, dd, J = 7.9, 4.3 Hz), 2.23-2.10 (1H, m), 2.03-1.90 (1H, m),1.48 (3H, d, J = 8.3 Hz), 1.43 (3H, d, J = 8.3 Hz). 20

368.1 21

334.1 22

324.1 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.40-7.23 (10H, m), 3.97 (1H, q, J = 7.2 Hz),3.62 (1H, t, J = 6.1 Hz), 3.12 (2H, ddd, J = 45.3, 13.8, 6.2 Hz). 23

304.2 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.41-7.36 (5H, m), 4.09 (1H, q, J = 7.1 Hz),3.61 (1H, dd, J = 8.0, 3.9 Hz), 1.72 (1H, dd, J = 14.1, 3.9 Hz), 1.44(1H, dd, J = 14.3, 7.9 Hz), 1.02 (9H, s). 24

290.1 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.38 (5H, s), 4.09 (1H, q, J = 7.2 Hz), 3.36(1H, d, J = 4.9 Hz), 1.82 (1H, ddt, J = 16.9, 10.0, 4.1 Hz), 1.57-1.46(1H, m), 1.34-1.21 (1H, m), 1.01 (3H, d, J = 6.8 Hz), 0.91 (3H, t, J =7.3 Hz). 25

316.1 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.38 (5H, s), 4.08 (1H, q, J = 7.2 Hz), 3.30(1H, d, J = 5.1 Hz), 1.79-1.67 (6H, m), 1.35-1.09 (5H, m). 26

370 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.45-7.16 (10H, m), 4.11 (1H, q, J = 7.0 Hz), 3.75(2H, s), 3.52 (1H, t, J = 5.5 Hz), 2.85 (2H, ddd, J = 29.9, 14.0, 5.5Hz). 27

288.1 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.40-7.34 (5H, m), 4.12 (1H, q, J = 7.6 Hz),2.14- 2.01 (2H, m), 1.82-1.57 (5H, m), 1.49-1.43 (1H, m). 28

290.1 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.41-7.33 (5H, m), 4.21 (1H, q, J = 7.7 Hz),1.70- 1.61 (1H, m), 1.58-1.50 (1H, m), 1.33-1.21 (3H, m), 1.19 (2H, s),0.85 (3H, t, J = 7.3 Hz). 29

330 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.41-7.22 (6H, m), 7.07-6.99 (2H, m), 4.28 (1H, q,J = 6.7 Hz), 3.69 (1H, t, J = 6.2 Hz), 3.11 (2H, ddd, J = 47.1, 14.0,6.2 Hz). 30

290.1 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.40-7.36 (5H, m), 4.12 (1H, q, J = 7.2 Hz),3.53 (1H, dd, J = 8.5, 5.6 Hz), 1.95- 1.85 (1H, m), 1.62-1.46 (2H, m),0.95 (6H, t, J = 6.0 Hz). 31

320.1 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.32 (2H, d, J = 8.3 Hz), 6.90 (2H, d, J = 8.8Hz), 4.13 (1H, q, J = 7.1 Hz), 3.81 (3H, s), 3.52 (1H, dd, J = 8.3, 5.6Hz), 1.93-1.83 (1H, m), 1.64-1.47 (2H, m), 0.94 (6H, t, J = 5.9 Hz). 32

350.1 33

308.2 34

324.1 35

333.2 36

420.2 37

364.2 38

356.1 39

291.1 40

291.1 41

321.1 42

307.1 43

304.2 44

321.2

Reference Example 45 Synthesis of 1-(4-nitrophenyl)pyrrolidin-2-one(Reference Example Compound 45)

Reference Example Compound 45

Reference example compound 45 was synthesized according to the methoddescribed in the literature (Tetrahedron, 1988, 44, 10, 3025-3036),using 4-nitroaniline as a starting material.

ESI/MS m/e: 207.1 (M⁺+H, C₁₀H₁₀N₂O₃).

Reference Example 46 Synthesis of ethyl1-(4-nitrophenyl)piperidine-4-carboxylate (Reference Example Compound46)

Reference Example Compound 46

Reference example compound 46 was synthesized according to the methoddescribed in the literature (WO2005/058824), using1-fluoro-4-nitrobenzene and ethyl isonipecotate as a starting material.

ESI/MS m/e: 279.2 (M⁺+H, C₁₄H₁₈N₂O₄).

Hereinafter, the compounds described in Reference Example 47 toReference Example 49 were synthesized according to the method describedin Reference Example 46, using the corresponding starting materials andreagents. Their structure and M⁺+H observed by LC/MS, i.e., the measuredvalue observed as the value of the compound molecular weight (M) withproton (HR) added are summarized in Table 4 below.

TABLE 4 Reference Example No. Structure M⁺ + H 47

309.1 48

341.1 49

293.2

Reference Example 50 Synthesis of phenylmethyl1-(3-methoxy-4-nitrophenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate (Reference ExampleCompound 50)

Reference Example Compound 50

Sodium hydride (50 to 72% in mineral oil, 92 mg) was suspended intetrahydrofuran (2.7 mL). To this suspension, a tetrahydrofuran solution(2.0 mL) of benzyl 1-hydroxy-1-cyclopropanecarboxylate (404 mg) wasadded dropwise under ice-cooling and the mixture was stirred at roomtemperature for 10 minutes. After adding 18-crown-6-ether (26 mg) underice-cooling to the reaction solution, 1-fluoro-3-methoxy-4-nitrobenzene(342 mg) was added in small portions and the mixture was stirred at roomtemperature for 42 hours. The reaction was quenched with a 1:1 mixedsolution of saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution and saturatedsaline, and extracted with ethyl acetate The organic layer was washedwith saturated saline, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, andfiltered. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and the residue waspurified by silica gel column chromatography to obtain the titlecompound (50: 524 mg).

ESI/MS m/e: 344.2 (M⁺+H, C₁₈H₁₇NO₆).

Hereinafter, the compounds described in Reference Example 51 toReference Example 57 were synthesized by converting the nitro of thecorresponding starting materials into amino, through hydrogen reductionin the presence of Pd catalyst (Reference literature: J. Med. Chem.,2000, 43, 3052-3066) or reduction using a reducing agent such as tin(II) chloride iron (Reference literature: Synthesis, 1999, 7, 1246-1250,Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2007, 15, 5912-5949, etc.) and the like, accordingto the common reduction method of nitro. Their structures, NMR spectraand M⁺+H observed by LC/MS, i.e., the measured value observed as thevalue of the compound molecular weight (M) with proton (H⁺) aresummarized in Table 5 below.

TABLE 5 Reference Example No. Structure M⁺ + H 51

311.2 52

249.2 53

207.2 54

263.2 55

279.1 56

177.1 57

232.1

Hereinafter, the compounds described in Reference Example 58 toReference Example 97 were synthesized according to the method describedin the literature (Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2006, 14, 6789-6806), using thecorresponding starting materials and reagents, similarly to ReferenceExamples 4-10. Their structures and M⁺+H observed by LC/MS, i.e., themeasured value observed as the value of the compound molecular weight(M) with proton (H⁺) are summarized in Table 6 below.

TABLE 6 Reference Example No. Structure M⁺ + H 58

208.1 59

224.3 60

285.1 61

296.1 62

266.1 63

226.1 64

320.2 65

278.2 66

334.3 67

382.2 68

308.2 69

248.2 70

231.2 71

231.2 72

303.2 73

241.2 74

253.1 75

271.1 76

384.2 77

370.2 78

211.1 79

236.1 80

303.1 81

356.2 82

266.1 83

250.2 84

194.2 85

263.1 86

380.2 87

364.3 88

275.1 89

261.1 90

271.1 91

209.1 92

321.2 93

427.2 94

413.2 95

385.2 96

399.2 97

279.1

Reference Example 98 Synthesis ofN-((1S)-1-{[(4-hydroxy-2-methoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)(tert-butoxy)carboxamide(Reference Example Compound 98)

Reference Example Compound 98

N-[(1S)-1-({[2-methoxy-4-(phenylmethoxy)phenyl]amino}methyl)propyl](tert-butoxy)carboxamidewas synthesized according to the method described in the literature(Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2006, 14, 6789-6806), similarly to ReferenceExamples 4 to 10.N-[(1S)-1-({[2-methoxy-4-(phenylmethoxy)phenyl]amino}methyl)propyl](tert-butoxy)carboxamide(300 mg) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (7.5 mL) and methanol (7.5mL). To this solution, palladium-activated carbon (10% Pd) (30 mg) wasadded and the mixture was stirred under hydrogen atmosphere at roomtemperature for 3 hours. The reaction solution was filtered throughcelite, and celite was washed with ethyl acetate and methanol. Thefiltrate was concentrated in vacuo to obtain the crude product of thetitle compound (Reference Example Compound 98: 233 mg). The crudeproduct was used in the subsequent reaction without furtherpurification.

ESI/MS m/e: 311.2 (M⁺+H, C₁₆H₂₆N₂O₄).

Reference Example 99 Synthesis of Phenylmethyl2-[4-({(2S)-2-[(tert-butoxy)carbonylamino]butyl}amino)-3-methoxyphenoxy]acetate(Reference Example Compound 99)

Reference Example Compound 99

Sodium hydride (50 to 72% in mineral oil, 33 mg) was suspended intetrahydrofuran (1.75 mL). To this suspension, a tetrahydrofuransolution (2.0 mL) ofN-((1S)-1-{[(4-hydroxy-2-methoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)(tert-butoxy)carboxamide(Reference Example Compound 98: 233 mg) was added dropwise underice-cooling and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5minutes. After adding benzyl bromoacetate (131 μL) dropwise to thereaction solution, N,N-dimethylformamide (3.75 mL) was added and themixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The reaction wasquenched with a 1:1 mixed solution of saturated aqueous ammoniumchloride solution and saturated saline, and extracted with ethylacetate. The organic layer was washed with saturated saline, dried overanhydrous sodium sulfate, and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated invacuo and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatographyto obtain the title compound (Reference Example Compound 99: 195 mg).

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.39-7.29 (5H, m), 6.52-6.48 (2H, m),6.35 (1H, dd, J=8.5, 2.7 Hz), 5.23 (2H, s), 4.59 (2H, s), 4.49 (1H,brs), 4.17 (1H, brs), 3.80-3.69 (4H, m), 3.18 (1H, dd, J=12.6, 4.8 Hz),3.10-3.00 (1H, m), 1.68-1.55 (1H, m), 1.53-1.42 (10H, m), 0.97 (3H, t,J=7.4 Hz).

ESI/MS m/e: 459.2 (M⁺+H, C₂₅H₃₄N₂O₆).

Reference Example 100 Synthesis of phenylmethyl2-{4-[((2S)-2-aminobutyl)amino]-3-methoxyphenoxy}acetate (ReferenceExample Compound 100)

Reference Example Compound 100

Phenylmethyl2-[4-({(2S)-2-[(tert-butoxy)carbonylamino]butyl}amino)-3-methoxyphenoxy]acetate(Reference Example Compound 99: 195 mg) was dissolved in dichloromethane(4.3 mL). To this solution, hydrogen chloride (4 mol/L, 1,4-dioxanesolution, 1.1 mL) was added and the mixture was stirred at roomtemperature for 2 hours. The reaction solution was concentrated in vacuoto obtain the crude product of the title compound (Reference ExampleCompound 100: 183 mg, hydrochloride). The crude product was used for thesubsequent reaction without further purification.

ESI/MS m/e: 359.1 (M⁺+H, C₂₀H₂₆N₂O₄).

Hereinafter, the compounds described in Reference Example 101 toReference Example 109 were synthesized using the corresponding startingmaterials and reagents, similarly to Reference Example 100. Theirstructures and M⁺+H observed by LC/MS, i.e., the measured value observedas the value of the compound molecular weight (M) with proton (H⁺) aresummarized in Table 7 below.

TABLE 7 Reference Example No. Structure M⁺ + H 101

337.1 102

255.1 103

333.1 104

297.1 105

325.1 106

385.1 107

311.1 108

339.2 109

312.1

Hereinafter, the compounds described in Example 12 to Example 116 weresynthesized according to the method described in Example 1, using thecorresponding starting materials and reagents. Their structures, NMRspectra, and M⁺+H observed by LC/MS, i.e., the measured value observedas the value of the compound molecular weight (M) with proton (H⁺) aresummarized in Table 8 below.

TABLE 8 Example Compound No. No. Structure M⁺ + H NMR 12 12

651.2 13 13

575.1, 577.1 ¹H-NMR (CD₃OD) δ: 7.56 (2H, d, J = 8.8 Hz), 7.41 (4H, dd, J= 14.8, 8.9 Hz), 6.89 (2H, d, J = 9.3 Hz), 4.59 (1H, q, J = 7.4 Hz),3.75 (2H, ddd, J = 19.6, 10.9, 4.9 Hz), 3.31- 3.29 (2H, m), 3.23 (6H, d,J = 8.5 Hz), 3.12 (2H, d, J = 6.3 Hz), 2.18- 1.97 (2H, m), 1.67-1.56(1H, m), 1.40 (7H, dt, J = 29.3, 9.2 Hz), 0.88 (3H, t, J = 7.4 Hz). 1414

491.2 15 15

592.1, 594.1 ¹H-NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 7.80 (1H, d, J = 7.8 Hz), 7.53 (2H, t,J = 4.3 Hz), 7.32 (2H, d, J = 8.3 Hz), 7.01 (1H, t, J = 7.8 Hz), 6.69(2H, d, J = 8.5 Hz), 4.23 (1H, q, J = 7.8 Hz), 3.78 (6H, s), 3.59 (1H,td, J = 12.6, 7.0 Hz), 3.38 (1H, t, J = 6.2 Hz), 3.22 (1H, dd, J = 12.8,5.0 Hz), 2.96 (1H, dd, J = 12.7, 7.3 Hz), 1.89-1.74 (2H, m), 1.40 (7H,dd, J = 21.8, 8.4 Hz), 128- 1.17 (1H, m), 0.73 (3H, t, J = 7.4 Hz). 1616

652.1, 654.1 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.28 (2H, t, J = 4.1 Hz), 7.00 (2H, d, J= 8.0 Hz), 6.74 (1H, d, J = 9.3 Hz), 6.50-6.41 (3H, m), 4.15-4.00 (4H,m), 3.84 (3H, t, J = 5.6 Hz), 3.79 (1H, d, J = 8.3 Hz), 3.05 (2H, dd, J= 12.1, 4.3 Hz), 2.87 (2H, td, J = 6.8, 0.9 Hz), 2.70 (1H, dd, J = 12.0,8.3 Hz), 2.24-2.18 (3H, m), 2.15-1.90 (2H, m), 1.58 (1H, dt, J = 20.8,6.7 Hz), 1.52-1.42 (6H, m), 1.35 (1H, td, J = 14.5, 7.2 Hz), 1.26 (1H,td, J = 7.2, 1.1 Hz), 0.88 (3H, dd, J = 7.7, 7.0 Hz). 17 17

663.1, 665.1 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.25 (3H, dt, J = 8.9, 2.1 Hz), 6.98 (2H,d, J = 8.3 Hz), 6.74 (1H, d, J = 9.3 Hz), 6.53 (2H, dd, J = 7.1, 2.2Hz), 6.44 (1H, dd, J = 6.8, 2.2 Hz), 4.07-4.00 (3H, m), 3.83 (3H, s),3.79 (1H, t, J = 7.9 Hz), 3.32 (4H, dd, J = 6.2, 4.0 Hz), 3.04 (2H, dt,J = 22.4, 8.3 Hz), 2.80 (4H, d, J = 4.9 Hz), 2.72 (1H, dd, J = 8.2 Hz),2.15-2.06 (1H, m), 2.02-1.89 (1H, m), 1.58 (2H, tt, J = 13.3, 4.4 Hz),1.47 (6H, t, J = 21.3 Hz), 1.38-1.30 (1H, m), 0.87 (3H, dd, J = 9.3, 5.4Hz). 18 18

633.1, 635.1 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.32 (2H, dt, J = 8.9, 2.2 Hz), 7.04 (2H,d, J = 8.3 Hz), 6.87 (2H, d, J = 8.5 Hz), 6.75 (1H, d, J = 9.3 Hz), 6.51(2H, d, J = 8.8 Hz), 4.03-3.94 (2H, m), 3.75 (1H, d, J = 9.8 Hz), 3.32(4H, t, J = 4.9 Hz), 3.06-3.00 (2H, m), 2.79 (4H, t, J = 5.0 Hz), 2.68(1H, dd, J = 12.0, 8.5 Hz), 2.09 (1H, dt, J = 19.0, 8.0 Hz), 2.01-1.88(1H, m), 1.60-1.53 (2H, m), 1.49 (3H, t, J = 9.0 Hz), 1.44 (3H, d, J =18.5 Hz), 1.32 (1H, dd, J = 14.8, 7.0 Hz), 0.86 (3H, t, J = 7.4 Hz). 1919

593.1, 595.1 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.33 (2H, dd, J = 6.6, 1.7 Hz), 7.07 (2H,d, J = 8.3 Hz), 6.75 (2H, dd, J = 6.0, 8.7 Hz), 6.25 (1H, d, J = 8.0Hz), 4.08 (2H, tt, J = 22.2, 6.2 Hz), 3.96 (3H, d, J = 12.0 Hz), 3.85(3H, d, J = 9.8 Hz), 3.77 (1H, d, J = 9.8 Hz), 3.01 (2H, dt, J = 22.6,8.4 Hz), 2.68 (1H, dd, J = 12.2, 7.8 Hz), 2.15-1.90 (2H, m), 1.60-1.38(8H, m), 1.30 (1H, dq, J = 26.0, 6.7 Hz), 0.87 (3H, t, J = 7.4 Hz). 2020

726.1, 728.1 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.35 (5H, dq, J = 9.1, 2.6 Hz), 7.28 (1H,t, J = 2.2 Hz), 6.99 (2H, d, J = 8.3 Hz), 6.72 (1H, d, J = 9.3 Hz), 6.56(1H, d, J = 2.0 Hz), 6.42-6.37 (2H, m), 5.24 (2H, s), 4.62 Hz), (2H, s),4.03 (2H, dq, J = 17.1, 4.3 Hz), 3.79 (4H, dd, J = 8.2, 3.8 Hz), 3.03(2H, dd, J = 12.2, 4.6 Hz), 2.67 (1H, dd, J = 12.1, 8.2 Hz), 2.08 (1H,tt, J = 23.9, 8.0 Hz), 1.94 (1H, ddd, J = 18.9, 8.7, 6.3 Hz), 1.58 (1H,ddd, J = 18.8, 9.0, 5.4 Hz), 1.52-141 (7H, m), 1.34 (1H, td, J = 14.6,7.6 Hz), 1.27 (1H, d, J = 6.1 Hz), 0.87 (3H, t, J = 7.4 Hz). 21 21

586.2 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.34 (6H, s), 7.25 (1H, t, J = 6.1 Hz), 6.58(1H, t, J = 2.3 Hz), 6.40-6.35 (1H, m), 4.76 (1H, q, J = 6.7 Hz), 4.23(1H, td, J = 7.3, 4.8 Hz), 3.95 (1H, s), 3.82 (3H, d, J = 2.4 Hz), 3.76(4H, t, J = 4.4 Hz), 3.28 (1H, d, J = 12.7 Hz), 2.95- 2.89 (1H, m), 2.12(1H, tt, J = 23.5, 6.8 Hz), 1.99-1.91 (1H, m), 1.62 (3H, d, J =6.8 Hz),1.47 (7H, dd, J = 22.1, 17.7 Hz), 1.28 (1H, tt, J = 20.5, 7.4 Hz), 0.77(3H, t, J = 7.4 Hz). 22 22

614.2 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.34 (6H, dd, J = 20.5, 12.9 Hz), 7.21 (1H, d, J= 8.8 Hz), 7.02 (2H, s), 6.56 (1H, d, J = 1.5 Hz), 6.49 (1H, dd, J =8.4, 2.1 Hz), 6.04 (1H, tt, J = 53.2, 4.6 Hz), 4.34 (2H, t, J = 12.0Hz), 4.22 (1H, q, J = 7.3 Hz), 3.94 (1H, td, J = 15.1, 8.2 Hz), 3.85(3H, s), 3.77 (1H, d, J = 9.0 Hz), 3.25 (1H, d, J = 12.4 Hz), 2.89 (1H,dd, J = 12.4, 9.0 Hz), 2.12 (1H, dd, J = 32.8, 15.2 Hz), 1.94 (2H, tt, J= 18.0, 6.0 Hz), 1.47 (7H, dd, J = 21.6, 18.4 Hz), 1.28 (1H, ddd, J =30.1, 15.8, 8.2 Hz), 0.79 (3H, t, J = 7.4 Hz). 23 23

574.24 24 24

599.33 25 25

527.44 26 26

551.25 27 27

521.2 28 29

564.2 29 30

594.25 30 31

538.25 31 32

521.2 32 33

586.2 33 34

554.2 34 35

563.25 35 36

538.2 36 37

535.25 37 38

619.2 38 39

589.25 39 40

666.2 40 41

605.15 41 42

544.2 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.29 (1H, dq, J = 9.5, 2.2 Hz), 7.21 (4H, tt, J= 8.2, 3.7 Hz), 6.78 (1H, d, J = 9.3 Hz), 6.50 (1H, d, J = 2.0 Hz), 6.45(2H, d, J = 2.2 Hz), 4.13-4.06 (1H, m), 4.05-4.03 (2H, m), 4.01-3.97(1H, m), 3.94-3.92 (2H, m), 3.82- 3.78 (4H, m), 3.07 (1H, s), 2.99 (1H,dd, J = 12.3, 5.0 Hz), 2.69 (1H, dd, J = 12.3, 2.15-1.90 (2H, m), 1.61-1.54 (1H, m) 1.51 (3.0H, dd, J = 13.2, 8.5 Hz), 1.44 (3H, t, J = 11.0Hz), 1.28 (1H, ddt, J = 19.5, 12.9, 3.6 Hz), 0.85 (3H, t, J = 7.4 Hz).42 43

552.25 ¹H-NMR (CD₃OD) δ: 7.68 (1H, d, J = 2.2 Hz), 7.62-7.44 (1H, m),7.28 (2H, d, J = 8.8 Hz), 6.75 (2H, d, J = 8.8 Hz), 6.42 (0.9H, d, J =9.5 Hz), 4.00-3.96 (6H, m), 3.84-3.77 (1H, m), 3.62-3.52 (5H, m),3.46-3.40 (3H, m), 3.28-3.24 (2H, m), 3.17- 2.96 (2H, m), 2.15-1.96 (1H,m), 1.89-1.25 (4H, m), 1.21-0.79 (9H, m). 43 44

527.2 ¹1-NMR (CD₃OD) δ: 7.75-7.61 (1H, m), 7.55 (1H, d, J = 9.3 Hz),7.20 (1H, d, J = 7.6 Hz), 6.70 (1H, br s), 6.58-6.57 (1H, m), 6.51-6.46(1H, m), 4.02 (1H, tt, J = 11.2, 5.4 Hz), 3.92 (3H, t, J = 8.4 Hz), 3.72(4H, t, J = 27.9 Hz), 3.61-3.46 (3H, m), 3.33-3.19 (3H, m), 2.01-1.97(1H, m), 1.82 (1H, td, J = 18.5, 14.3 Hz), 1.69-1.22 (4H, m), 1.07-0.72(9H, m). 44 45

512.2 45 46

543.25 46 47

502.2 ¹H-NMR (CD₃OD) δ: 7.89-7.88 (1H, m), 7.76-7.74 (1H, m), 7.55 (1H,d, J = 1.7 Hz), 7.34-7.23 (5H, m), 6.64 (2H, dt, J = 15.4, 6.3 Hz), 6.37(1H, t, J = 2.1 Hz), 4.02 (1H, dt, J = 34.7, 12.1 Hz), 3.80 (1H, t, J =5.5 Hz), 3.34 (1H, dd, J = 8.5, 5.9 Hz), 3.01- 2.57 (2H, m), 1.73 (1H,dt, J = 20.4, 6.8 Hz), 1.62-1.52 (1H, m), 1.41- 1.21 (3H, m), 0.92-0.73(10H, m). 47 48

533.2 48 49

591.2 49 50

622.3 50 51

549.2 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.37-7.29 (7H, m), 6.67 (2H, dd, J = 8.9, 4.3Hz), 4.11 (3H, dt, J = 26.6, 7.9 Hz), 3.96- 3.92 (2H, m), 3.59 (3H, d, J= 11.5 Hz), 3.03 (1H, dd, J = 12.7, 3.9 Hz), 2.87 (3H, t, J = 11.3 Hz),2.66 (1H, dd, J = 12.4, 8.8 Hz), 1.76-1.45 (3H, m), 1.31-1.27 (8H, m),1.01-0.96 (6H, m), 0.85 (3H, t, J = 7.3 Hz). 51 52

580.2 52 53

519.2 53 54

550.2 54 55

609.25 55 56

579.2 56 57

530.2 ¹H-NMR (CD₃OD) δ: 7.33 (5H, s), 7.20 (4H, d, J = 4.4 Hz),7.18-7.12 (1H, m), 7.04 (1H, dd, J = 8.8, 2.2 Hz), 6.70 (1H, d, J = 2.4Hz), 6.59 (1H, dd, J = 8.8, 2.7 Hz), 4.10 (1H, q, J = 7.6 Hz), 3.89 (3H,s), 3.81 (3H, s), 3.62 (1H, ddt, J = 11.2, 6.2, 2.7 Hz), 3.49 (1H, t, J= 7.1 Hz), 3.05-2.88 (3H, m), 2.75 (1H, dd, J = 12.7, 7.1 Hz), 1.56-1.46(1H, m), 1.39-1.28 (1H, m), 0.77 (3H, t, J = 7.4 Hz). 57 58

556.3 ¹H-NMR (CD₃OD) δ: 7.32-7.16 (12H, m), 6.76 (2H, d, J = 7.6 Hz),4.07 (1H, q, J = 7.5 Hz), 3.98 (4H, s), 3.70 (1H, s), 3.47-3.51 (4H, m),2.98-2.82 (5H, m), 1.61-1.51 (1H, m), 1.33-1.24 (1H, m), 0.80 (3H, t, J= 7.4 Hz). 58 59

510.2 ¹H-NMR (CD₃OD) δ: 7.44-7.30 (5H, m), 7.06 (1H, s), 6.68-6.57 (2H,m), 4.09 (1H, q, J = 7.6 Hz), 3.90 (3H, s), 3.81 (3H, s), 3.67 (1H, s),3.48 (1H, t, J = 6.2 Hz), 3.20 (1H, s), 3.07-2.98 (1H, m), 1.73-1.39(4H, m), 1.02 (9H, s), 0.90 (3H, t, J = 7.6 Hz). 59 60

496.2 60 61

522.2 61 28

494.2 62 62

536.1 63 63

558.3 64 64

524.2 65 65

554.3 66 66

542.2 67 67

572.2 68 68

655.3 69 69

641.3 70 70

482.2 71 71

506.3 72 72

524.3 73 73

585.3 74 74

508.3 75 75

538.3 76 76

499.2 77 77

560.2 78 78

483.2 79 79

513.2 80 80

574.2 81 81

591.5 82 82

652.5 83 83

575.2 84 84

605.2 85 85

582.3 86 86

610.3 87 87

627.3 88 88

521.3 89 89

583.3 90 90

534.2 91 91

635.3 92 92

546.2 93 93

532.2 94 94

564.1 95 95

526.2 96 96

542.3 97 97

572.3 98 98

556.3 99 99

480.2 100 100

510.1 101 101

592.3 102 102

698.3 103 103

683.3 104 104

656.2 105 105

670.2 106 106

550.3 107 107

568.2 108 108

535.3 109 109

633.3 110 110

494.2 ¹H-NMR (CD₃OD) δ: 7.42 (2H, t, J = 7.3 Hz), 7.36-7.21 (4H, m),6.74 (1H, s), 6.63 (1H, s), 4.25 (1H, q, J = 8.1 Hz), 3.94 (3H, s), 3.83(3H, s), 3.68 (0.5H, dd, J = 12.2, 6.1 Hz), 3.10 (1H, s), 2.89 (0.5H,s), 1.85 (2H, ddt, J = 33.9, 15.0, 5.3 Hz), 1.72- 1.24 (8H, m), 1.19(1H, d, J = 2.7 Hz), 0.98 (1H, d, J = 6.8 Hz). 111 111

622.2 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.28 (1H, dt, J = 7.0, 1.9 Hz), 7.18 (4H, ddd, J= 15.8, 9.0, 3.1 Hz), 6.88 (1H, d, J = 9.0 Hz), 6.77 (1H, dd, J = 8.5,2.4 Hz), 6.68 (1H, d, J = 2.4 Hz), 6.47 (1H, d, J = 8.5 Hz), 4.37 (2H,q, J = 7.2 Hz), 4.03 (2H, tt, J = 17.0, 5.4 Hz), 3.82 (4H, t, J = 6.2Hz), 3.01 (1H, dd, J = 12.3, 4.8 Hz), 2.86 (6H, s), 2.68 (1H, dd, J =12.2, 8.3 Hz), 2.15-1.91 (2H, m), 1.58 (1H, dt, J = 12.1, 4.7 Hz), 1.48(6H, dd, J = 23.2, 22.2 Hz), 1.37 (3H, t, J = 7.2 Hz), 1.28 (1H, ddt, J= 19.4, 11.0, 3.9 Hz), 0.85 (3H, t, J = 7.4 Hz). 112 112

502.15 113 113

533.25 114 114

574.2 115 115

605.2 116 116

526.2

Example 117 Synthesis of2-{4-[((2S)-2-{(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoylamino}butyl)amino]-3-methoxyphenoxy}aceticacid (117)

Phenylmethyl2-{4-[((2S)-2-{(2S)-2-{[(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(4-bromophenyl)ethyl]amino}-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoylamino}butyl)amino]-3-methoxyphenoxy}acetate(20: 28.5 mg) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (784 μL). To thissolution, palladium-activated carbon (10% Pd) (3 mg) was added and themixture was stirred under hydrogen atmosphere at room temperature for 1hour. The reaction solution was filtered through celite, and celite waswashed with ethyl acetate and methanol. The filtrate was concentrated invacuo and the residue was purified by high performance liquidchromatography to obtain the title compound (117: 15.1 mg,trifluoroacetate).

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CD₃OD) δ (ppm): 7.33 (2H, dd, J=6.6, 4.9 Hz), 7.29 (3H,dq, J=7.0, 2.1 Hz), 7.10 (1H, d, J=8.0 Hz), 6.74 (1H, s), 6.55 (1H, d,J=7.3 Hz), 4.67 (2H, s), 4.16 (1H, q, J=7.6 Hz), 3.87 (3H, s), 3.65-3.59(1H, m), 3.54 (1H, dd, J=7.6, 5.1 Hz), 3.27-3.25 (1H, m), 3.19 (1H, d,J=11.0 Hz), 2.99 (1H, t, J=9.4 Hz), 2.04-1.83 (2H, m), 1.55-1.48 (1H,m), 1.40 (7H, dd, J=21.7, 9.8 Hz), 0.84 (3H, t, J=7.4 Hz).

ESI/MS m/e: 558.2 (M⁺+H, C₂₇H₃₅F₄N₃O₅).

Hereinafter, the compounds described in Example 118 to Example 130 weresynthesized according to the method described in Example 117, using thecorresponding starting materials and reagents. Their structures, NMRspectra, and M⁺+H observed by LC/MS, i.e., the measured value observedas the value of the compound molecular weight (M) with proton (H⁺) aresummarized in Table 9 below.

TABLE 9 Example Compound No. No. Structure M⁺ + H NMR 118 118

584.2 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.33 (6H, ddt, J = 18.6, 10.4, 4.0 Hz), 7.01(1H, d, J = 8.5 Hz), 6.49 (1H, d, J = 2.4 Hz), 6.45 (1H, dd, J = 8.8,2.4 Hz), 4.30 (1H, q, J = 7.3 Hz), 4.00-3.96 (1H, m), 3.77 (1H, dd, J =9.6, 2.8 Hz), 3.64 (3H, s), 3.09 (1H, dd, J = 12.7, 3.2 Hz), 2.86 (1H,dd, J = 12.4, 9.0 Hz), 2.17-2.02 (1H, m), (1H, m), 1.94 (1H, ddt, J =20.1, 10.5, 4.0 Hz), 1.67 (2H, dd, J = 7.3, 4.1 Hz), 1.47 (7H, dt, J =25.3, 7.6 Hz), 1.26 (3H, ddt, J = 25.8, 14.7, 4.7 Hz), 0.76 (3H, t, J =7.4 Hz). 119 119

540.2 ¹H NMR (CD₃OD) δ: 7.53-7.21 (6H, m), 6.80 (1H, d, J = 2.4 Hz),6.60 (1H, dd, J = 8.8, 4.4 Hz), 4.72 (2H, s), 4.21-4.02 (1H, m),3.97-3.94 (3H, m), 3.74-3.65 (1H, m), 3.43-3.23 (3H, m), 3.08-3.01 (1H,m), 1.93- 1.66 (1H, m), 1.62-1.28 (4H, m), 1.00-0.83 (9H, m). 120 120

571.2 121 121

541.2 122 122

618.1 123 123

557.12 124 124

580.1 125 125

550.3 126 126

564.3 127 127

550.3 128 128

522.2 129 129

536.2 130 130

554.2

Example 131 Synthesis of2-{4-[((2S)-2-{(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoylamino}butyl)amino]-3-methoxyphenoxy}-2-methylpropanoicacid (131)

2-Propenyl2-{4-[((2S)-2-{(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoylamino}butyl)amino]-3-methoxyphenoxy}-2-methylpropanoatewas synthesized according to the method described in Example 1.2-Propenyl2-{4-[((2S)-2-{(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoylamino}butyl)amino]-3-methoxyphenoxy}-2-methylpropanoate(23 mg) was dissolved in acetonitrile (500 μL) and ethyl acetate (500μL). To this solution, pyrrolidine (4.6 μL),tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (4.2 mg) and triphenylphosphine(1.9 mg) was added. After adding water (50 μL), the mixture was stirredat room temperature for 30 minutes. The reaction was quenched with a 1:1mixed solution of saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution andsaturated saline, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layerwas washed with saturated saline, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate,and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and the residue waspurified by high performance liquid chromatography to obtain the titlecompound (131: 16.5 mg, trifluoroacetate).

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.41 (1H, d, J=7.1 Hz), 7.34 (5H, d,J=10.0 Hz), 7.08 (1H, d, J=8.5 Hz), 6.50 (1H, d, J=2.4 Hz), 6.36-6.26(7H, m), 4.24 (1H, q, J=7.4 Hz), 3.94 (1H, t, J=7.3 Hz), 3.76 (1H, dd,J=9.4, 2.8 Hz), 3.71 (3H, s), 3.21 (1H, t, J=6.2 Hz), 2.94 (1H, dd,J=12.7, 9.0 Hz), 2.11 (1H, tt, J=23.3, 6.4 Hz), 2.00-1.90 (1H, m), 1.60(6.3H, s), 1.49 (4H, d, J=17.1 Hz), 1.43 (3H, d, J=17.1 Hz), 1.28 (1H,dq, J=24.5, 6.2 Hz), 0.77 (3H, t, J=7.3 Hz).

ESI/MS m/e: 586.2 (M⁺+H, C₂₉H₃₉F₄N₃O₅).

Example 132 Synthesis of2-(4-{[(2S)-2-((2S)-2-{[(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-benzylethyl]amino}-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoylamino)butyl]amino}-3-methoxyphenoxy)-2-methylpropanoicacid (132)

2-(4-{[(2S)-2-((2S)-2-{[(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-benzylethyl]amino}-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoylamino)butyl]amino}-3-methoxyphenoxy)-2-methylpropanoicacid (132) was synthesized according to the method described in Example132, using 2-propenyl2-(4-{[(2S)-2-((2S)-2-{[(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-benzylethyl]amino}-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoylamino)butyl]amino}-3-methoxyphenoxy)-2-methylpropanoateas a starting material.

ESI/MS m/e: 600.2 (M⁺+H, C₃₀H₄₁F₄N₃O₅).

Example 133 Synthesis of(2S)—N-[(1S)-1-({[4-(carbamoylmethoxy)-2-methoxyphenyl]amino}methyl)propyl]-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(133)

2-{4-[((2S)-2-{(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoylamino}butyl)amino]-3-methoxyphenoxy}aceticacid (117: 30 mg) was dissolved in N,N-dimethylformamide (538 mL). Tothis solution, HATU (22.5 mg), ammonia (28% aqueous solution, 4 μL) andtriethylamine (7.5 μL) were added under ice-cooling and the mixture wasstirred under ice-cooling for 3 hours. The reaction was quenched withacetic acid (30 μL) and the solution was purified by high performanceliquid chromatography to obtain the title compound (133: 11.9 mg,trifluoroacetate).

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.36-7.29 (6H, m), 7.20 (1H, d, J=8.8Hz), 6.70 (1H, s), 6.55 (1H, d, J=2.7 Hz), 6.48 (1H, dd, J=8.8, 2.7 Hz),6.41 (I H, s), 4.50 (2H, s), 4.23 (1H, q, J=7.5 Hz), 3.98-3.91 (1H, m),3.84 (3H, s), 3.78-3.71 (2H, m), 3.25 (1H, dd, J=12.7, 2.7 Hz), 2.89(1H, dd, J=12.6, 8.9 Hz), 2.11 (1H, tt, J=22.3, 6.5 Hz), 1.96 (1H, dt,J=22.4, 7.1 Hz), 1.55-1.38 (7H, m), 1.33-1.21 (1H, m), 0.79 (3H, t,J=7.4 Hz).

ESI/MS m/e: 557.2 (M⁺+H, C₂₇H₃₆F₄N₄O₄).

Hereinafter, the compounds described in Example 134 to Example 137 weresynthesized according to the method described in Example 133, using thecorresponding starting materials and reagents. Their structure, NMRspectra, and M⁺+H observed by LC/MS, i.e., the measured value observedas the value of the compound molecular weight (M) with proton (H⁺) addedare summarized in Table 10 below.

TABLE 10 Example Compound No. No. Structure M⁺ + H NMR 134 134

585.2 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.29 (9H, ddt, J = 44.0, 23.0, 8.2 Hz), 6.63(1H, d, J = 2.7 Hz), 6.44 (1H, dd, J = 8.8, 2.4 Hz), 4.70 (2H, s), 4.23(1H, q, J = 7.4 Hz), 3.92 (1H, d, J = 6.3 Hz), 3.77 (4H, dd, J = 22.2,10.0 Hz), 3.25 (1H, dd, J = 12.6, 2.1 Hz), 3.08 (3H, s), 2.95 (4H, dd, J= 20.1, 16.2 Hz), 2.18-1.90 (2H, m), 1.47 (7H, dd, J = 21.8, 17.9 Hz),1.30- 1.23 (1H, m), 0.77 (3H, t, J = 7.4 Hz). 135 135

611.3 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.33 (6H, dd, J = 16.5, 13.8 Hz), 7.14 (1H, d, J= 8.5 Hz), 6.62 (3H, s), 6.43 (1H, d, J = 8.8 Hz), 4.62 (2H, s), 4.21(1H, q, J = 7.1 Hz), 3.98-3.91 (1H, m), 3.81 (3H, s), 3.75 (1H, d, J =8.8 Hz), 3.51 (4H, dt, J = 12.4, 5.5 Hz), 3.20 (1H, d, J = 12.4 Hz),2.94-2.87 (1H, m), 2.16-1.86 (6H, m), 1.47 (7H, t, J = 20.5 Hz),1.30-1.23 (1H, m), 0.78 (3H, t, J = 7.1 Hz). 136 136

627.2 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.39-7.30 (6H, m), 7.18 (1H, d, J = 8.8 Hz),6.78 (3H, s), 6.62 (1H, t, J = 2.6 Hz), 6.47 (1H, td, J = 5.7, 2.9 Hz),4.69 (2H, s), 4.22 (1H, q, J = 7.3 Hz), 3.95 (1H, t, J = 6.8 Hz), 3.82(3H, s), 3.76 (1H, d, J = 9.3 Hz), 3.63 (8H, dd, J = 31.8, 17.0 Hz),3.24 (1H, d, J = 12.7 Hz), 2.90 (1H, dd, J = 12.3, 9.1 Hz), 2.17-1.90(2H, m), 1.47 (7H, dd, J = 21.5, 18.8 Hz), 1.32-1.22 (1H, m), 0.78 (3H,t, J = 7.3 Hz). 137 137

601.2 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.30 (1H, tt, J = 7.0, 2.0 Hz), 7.23 (4H, dt, J= 18.8, 5.5 Hz), 7.01 (1H, s), 6.75 (1H, d, J = 9.5 Hz), 6.45 (3H, ddd,J = 21.4, 10.1, 4.0 Hz), 4.47 (2H, s), 4.12-3.96 (3H, m), 3.83 (3H, s),3.79 (1H, d, J = 10.0 Hz), 3.74 (2H, t, J = 5.0 Hz), 5.0 Hz), 3.51 (2H,dd, J = 9.9, 5.7 Hz), 3.08 (1H, t, J = 9.1 Hz), 3.00 (1H, dd, J = 12.4,4.9 Hz), 2.66-2.57 (2H, m), 2.14-1.90 (2H, m), 1.50 (7H, ddd, J = 36.0,15.5, 12.7 Hz), 1.32-1.20 (1H, m), 0.84 (3H, t, J = 7.4 Hz).

Example 138 Synthesis of(2S)-2-{[(1S)-1-(4-bromophenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl]amino}-N-{(1S)-1-[({2-methoxy-4-[2-(methylsulfinyl)ethoxy]phenyl}amino)methyl]propyl}-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(138-1) and(2S)-2-{[(1S)-1-(4-bromophenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl]amino}-N-{(1S)-1-[({2-methoxy-4-[2-(methylsulfonyl)ethoxy]phenyl}amino)methyl]propyl}-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(138-2)

(2S)-2-{[(1S)-1-(4-bromophenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl]amino}-N-[(1S)-1-({[2-methoxy-4-(2-methylthioethoxy)phenyl]amino}methyl)propyl]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(16: 19.7 mg) was dissolved in acetone (450 μL) and water (150 μL). Tothis solution, N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (10.6 mg) and osmiumtetraoxide (2.5 wt %, tert-butanol solution, 1.9 μL) were added and themixture was stirred at room temperature for 24 hours. After diluting thereaction solution with ethyl acetate, the reaction was quenched with a1:1 mixed solution of saturated aqueous sodium thiosulfate solution andsaturated saline. After separating the organic layer, the aqueous layerwas extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layer was washedwith saturated saline, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, andfiltered. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and the residue waspurified by high performance liquid chromatography to obtain the titlecompound (138-1: 3.3 mg, trifluoroacetate) and the title compound(138-2: 8.1 mg, trifluoroacetate).

Example Compound 138-1

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.28 (2H, td, J=4.2, 2.4 Hz), 7.01 (2H,d, J=8.3 Hz), 6.74 (1H, d, J=9.3 Hz), 6.49-6.43 (3H, m), 4.38 (2H, dq,J=11.3, 2.9 Hz), 4.05 (2H, dd, J=13.0, 8.2 Hz), 3.83 (3H, s), 3.78 (1H,dd, J=10.0, 2.7 Hz), 3.18 (1H, ddd, J=14.3, 8.4, 5.0 Hz), 3.06 (2H, tt,J=11.3, 4.1 Hz), 2.70 (4H, dd, J=10.0, 9.0 Hz), 2.13 (1H, m), 2.06-1.90(1H, m), 1.63 (2H, dt, J=35.9, 13.2 Hz), 1.48 (6H, dt, J=32.6, 9.9 Hz),1.35 (1H, dt, J=22.1, 7.3 Hz), 1.28-1.24 (1H, m), 0.89-0.86 (3H, m).

ESI/MS m/e: 668.1, 670.1 (M⁺+H, C₂₈H₃₈BrF₄N₃O₄S).

Example Compound 138-2

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.30-7.27 (2H, m), 7.01 (2H, t, J=6.1Hz), 6.75 (1H, d, J=9.3 Hz), 6.46 (3H, td, J=10.3, 2.2 Hz), 4.40 (2H, t,J=5.4 Hz), 4.04 (2H, dq, J=19.0, 5.2 Hz), 3.83 (3H, s), 3.77 (1H, dd,J=9.9, 2.3 Hz), 3.42 (2H, t, J=5.2 Hz), 3.08 (3H, s), 3.04 (1H, t, J=6.1Hz), 2.71 (1H, dd, J=12.1, 8.2 Hz), 2.02 (2H, dtt, J=53.6, 19.6, 7.3Hz), 1.59 (1H, ddd, J=19.0, 8.8, 5.0 Hz), 1.47 (6H, dt, J=22.4, 7.9 Hz),1.35 (1H, dt, J=22.2, 7.3 Hz), 1.26 (1H, t, J=7.1 Hz), 0.88 (3H, t,J=7.4 Hz).

ESI/MS m/e: 684.1, 686.1 (M⁺+H, C₂₈H₃₈BrF₄N₃O₅S).

Example 139 Synthesis of(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}-3-(methylsulfinyl)propyl)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-methylpentanamide(139)

Example Compound 139 was synthesized according to the method describedin Example 132, using(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}-3-methylthiopropyl)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-methylpentanamideas a starting material.

ESI/MS m/e: 558.2 (M⁺+H, C₂₇H₃₈F₃N₃O₄S).

Example 140 Synthesis of2-{4-[((2S)-2-{(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoylamino}butyl)amino]-3-methoxyphenoxy}propanoicacid (140)

Methyl2-{4-[((2S)-2-{(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoylamino}butyl)amino]-3-methoxyphenoxy}propanoate(21: 65 mg) was dissolved in 1,2-dichloroethane (555 μL). To thissolution, trimethyltin hydroxide (50 mg) was added and the mixture wasstirred at 60° C. for 3 hours. The reaction solution was concentrated invacuo and the residue was diluted with ethyl acetate. The organic layerwas washed with 1:9 mixed solution of 0.1 mol/L hydrochloric acid andsaturated saline, and then with saturated saline. The organic layer wasdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and filtered. The filtrate wasconcentrated in vacuo and the residue was purified by high performanceliquid chromatography to obtain the title compound (140: 65.6 mg,trifluoroacetate).

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.30-7.27 (1H, m), 7.23-7.17 (4H, m),6.81 (1H, d, J=9.3 Hz), 6.50 (1H, d, J=1.7 Hz), 6.42-6.37 (2H, m), 4.66(1H, q, J=6.7 Hz), 4.08 (1H, q, J=7.2 Hz), 3.99 (1H, tt, J=12.8, 4.5Hz), 3.80 (1H, dd, J=10.1, 2.3 Hz), 3.77 (3H, s), 2.94 (1H, dd, J=12.3,5.0 Hz), 2.63 (1H, dd, J=12.3, 7.9 Hz), 2.08 (1H, tt, J=23.8, 7.0 Hz),1.94 (1H, ddd, J=23.5, 10.9, 4.5 Hz), 1.58 (3H, d, J=6.8 Hz), 1.55-1.40(7H, m), 1.25 (1H, ddd, J=28.2, 15.4, 7.9 Hz), 0.82 (3H, t, J=7.4 Hz).

ESI/MS m/e: 572.2 (M⁺+H, C₂₈H₃₇F₄N₃O₅).

Hereinafter, the compounds described in Example 141 to Example 156 weresynthesized according to the method described in Example 140 or underthe general conditions of ester hydrolysis (Reference literature:Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis, Third Edition, John Wiley &Sons, Inc.), using the corresponding starting materials and reagents.Their structures, NMR spectra, and M⁺+H observed by LC/MS, i.e., themeasured value observed as the value of the compound molecular weight(M) with proton (H⁺) are summarized in Table 11 below.

TABLE 11 Example Compound No. No. Structure M⁺ + H NMR 141 141

594.2 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.32 (6H, s), 7.01 (1H, d, J = 8.5 Hz), 6.74(2H, dt, J = 10.8, 3.7 Hz), 6.27 (2H, s), 4.20 (1H, q, J = 7.3 Hz),3.97-3.89 (1H, m), 3.79 (4H, t, J = 6.3 Hz), 3.21 (1H, dd, J = 12.7, 2.4Hz), 2.80 (1H, dd, J = 12.7, 8.8 Hz), 2.11 (1H, ddd, J = 32.7, 14.9, 2.1Hz), 1.98- 1.91 (1H, m), 1.53-1.42 (7H, m), 1.26 (1H, ddd, J = 28.7,14.3, 7.3 Hz), 0.79 (3H, t, J = 7.4 Hz). 142 142

Another enantiomer regarding the asymmetric center (*) at the right endof the compound 140 572.2 ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃) δ: 7.29-7.27 (1H, m), 7.21 (4H,dt, J = 21.9, 6.5 Hz), 6.82 (1H, d, J = 9.3 Hz), 6.50 (1H, s), 6.40 (2H,t, J = 8.7 Hz), 4.64 (1H, q, J = 6.7 Hz), 4.07 (1H, q, J = 7.2 Hz), 3.97(1H, tt, J = 12.7, 4.4 Hz), 3.81 (4H, m, J = 13.4, 11.5 Hz), 2.95 (1H,dd, J = 12.4, 4.9 Hz), 2.62 (1H, dd, J = 12.4, 7.8 Hz), 2.14-2.01 (1H,m), 1.94 (1H, tt, J = 13.9, 5.4 Hz), 1.56 (3H, d, J = 6.6 Hz), 1.46 (7H,ddd, J = 26.3, 12.6, 6.6 Hz), 1.25 (1H, ddd, J = 33.2, 12.4, 7.0 Hz),0.82 (3H, t, J = 7.4 Hz). 143 143

546.15 144 144

577.15 145 145

563.2 146 146

594.2 147 147

581.2 148 148

563.2 149 149

563.2 150 150

564.15 151 151

581.15 152 152

581.15 153 153

577.15 154 154

577.1 ¹H-NMR (CD₃OD) δ: 7.84 (1H, d, J = 8.8 Hz), 7.40-7.29 (7H, m),6.71 (2H, d, J = 9.0 Hz), 4.13 (1H, q, J = 7.6 Hz), 3.84-3.83 (1H, m),3.57- 3.49 (4H, m), 3.41 (1H, dd, J = 8.3, 5.9 Hz), 3.00 (2H, d, J = 6.6Hz), 2.43 (2H, d, J = 14.1 Hz), 1.93-1.77 (3H, m), 1.65-1.61 (1H, m),1.50- 1.28 (7H, m), 0.97-0.82 (10H, m). 155 155

568.3 156 156

582.2

Example 157 Synthesis of(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)-2-{[(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]amino}-4-methylpentanamide(157)

(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)-2-({(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-[4-(1,1,2,2-tetramethyl-1-silapropoxy)phenyl]ethyl}amino)-4-methylpentanamidewas synthesized according to the method described in Example 1.(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)-2-({(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-[4-(1,1,2,2-tetramethyl-1-silapropoxy)phenyl]ethyl}amino)-4-methylpentanamide(42 mg) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (1 mL). To this solution,tetrabutylammonium fluoride (1 mol/L, tetrahydrofuran solution, 0.1 mL)was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour.The reaction solution was concentrated in vacuo and the residue waspurified by high performance liquid chromatography to obtain the titlecompound (157: 1.2 mg, trifluoroacetate).

ESI/MS m/e: 512.2 (M⁺+H, C₂₆H₃₆F₃N₃O₄).

Example 158 Synthesis of(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(4-morpholin-4-ylphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)-2-{[(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]amino}-4-methylpentanamide(158)

(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(4-morpholin-4-ylphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)-2-{[(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]amino}-4-methylpentanamidewas synthesized according to the method described in Example 129, using(2S)—N-((1S)-1-{[(4-morpholin-4-ylphenyl)amino]methyl}propyl)-2-({(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-[4-(1,1,2,2-tetramethyl-1-silapropoxy)phenyl]ethyl}amino)-4-methylpentanamideas a starting material.

ESI/MS m/e: 537.2 (M⁺+H, C₂₈H₃₉F₃N₄O₃).

Example 159 Synthesis of(5S)-5-{(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-methylpentanoylamino}-6-[(4-morpholin-4-ylphenyl)amino]hexanoicacid (159)

tert-Butyl(5S)-5-{(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-methylpentanoylamino}-6-[(4-morpholin-4-ylphenyl)amino]hexanoate(93: 25.1 mg) was dissolved in dichloromethane (300 μL). To thissolution, hydrogen chloride (4 mol/L, 1,4-dioxane solution, 150 μL) wasadded and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. Thereaction was quenched with neutralizing the mixture with saturatedsodium hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution. The organic layer was washedwith saturated saline, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, andfiltered. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to obtain the titlecompound (159: 22.5 mg, free base).

ESI/MS m/e: 579.2 (M⁺+H, C₃₀H₄₁F₃N₄O₄).

Example 160 Synthesis of(5S)-5-{(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoylamino}-6-[(4-morpholin-4-ylphenyl)amino]hexanoic acid (160)

(5S)-5-{(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoylamino}-6-[(4-morpholin-4-ylphenyl)amino]hexanoicacid was synthesized according to the method described in Example 150,using tert-butyl(5S)-5-{(2S)-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanoylamino}-6-[(4-morpholin-4-ylphenyl)amino]hexanoate as a startingmaterial.

ESI/MS m/e: 596.1 (M⁺+H, C₂₈H₃₉F₃N₄O₃).

Example 161 Synthesis of(2S)—N-[(1S)-1-({[4-(cyanomethoxy)-2-methoxyphenyl]amino}methyl)propyl]-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(161)

(2S)—N-[(1S)-1-({[4-hydroxy-2-methoxyphenyl]amino}methyl)propyl]-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamidewas synthesized according to the method described in Example 1 andExample 110. Sodium hydride (50 to 72% in mineral oil, 2.2 mg) wassuspended in tetrahydrofuran (100 μL). To this suspension, atetrahydrofuran solution (150 μL) of(2S)—N-[(1S)-1-({[4-hydroxy-2-methoxyphenyl]amino}methyl)propyl]-2-[((1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylethyl)amino]-4-fluoro-4-methylpentanamide(25 mg) was added dropwise, and then N,N-dimethylformamide (250 μL) wasadded. The mixture was stirred for 30 minutes. After addingbromoacetonitrile (10 μL) dropwise to the reaction solution, the mixturewas stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. The reaction wasquenched with a 1:1 mixed solution of saturated aqueous ammoniumchloride solution and saturated saline, and extracted with ethylacetate. The organic layer was washed with saturated saline, dried overanhydrous sodium sulfate, and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated invacuo and the residue was purified by high performance liquidchromatography to obtain the title compound (161: 9.3 mg,trifluoroacetate).

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ (ppm): 7.34 (6H, ddd, J=13.8, 6.9, 4.1 Hz),7.25 (1H, d, J=8.5 Hz), 7.12 (1H, d, J=8.5 Hz), 6.57 (2H, dt, J=10.8,3.7 Hz), 4.76 (2H, s), 4.20 (1H, q, J=7.4 Hz), 4.00-3.93 (1H, m), 3.86(3H, s), 3.83-3.77 (1H, m), 3.22 (1H, dd, J=12.4, 2.9 Hz), 2.85 (1H, dd,J=12.4, 8.8 Hz), 2.11 (1H, tdd, J=18.7, 10.3, 4.8 Hz), 1.96 (1H, dt,J=22.5, 7.2 Hz), 1.88-1.63 (1H, m), 1.47 (7H, tt, J=14.5, 4.9 Hz), 1.29(2H, tt, J=22.7, 9.1 Hz), 1.07 (1H, t, J=7.6 Hz), 0.80 (3H, t, J=7.4Hz).

ESI/MS m/e: 539.2 (M⁺+H, C₂₇H₃₄F₄N₄O₃).

Example 162

For the compounds synthesized according to the above-mentioned methods,further analysis of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) andmass spectrometry using Time Of Flight Mass Spectroscopy (TOF-MS)equipped with an electron spray ion source were performed.

The retention times (unit: minute) of the compounds in HPLC analysis inthe analysis conditions described below are shown in Table 12 below asthe HPLC retention time.

HPLC measurement conditionsMeasurement apparatus: Hewlett-Packard 1100HPLCColumn: Imtakt Cadenza CD-C18 100 mm×4.6 mm, 3 μmUV: PDA detection (254 nm)Column temperature: 40° C.Gradient condition:

Solvent: A: H₂O/acetonitrile=95:5

-   -   0.05% TFA (trifluoroacetic acid)

B: H₂O/acetonitrile=5:95

-   -   0.05% TFA (trifluoroacetic acid)

Flow rate: 1.0 mL/minute

Gradient: 0 to 1 minute, Solvent B: 10%, Solvent A: 90%

-   -   1 to 13 minutes, Solvent B: 10%→70%, Solvent A: 90%→30%    -   13 to 14 minutes, Solvent B: 70%→100%, Solvent A: 30%→0%    -   14 to 16 minutes, Solvent B: 100%, Solvent A: 0%    -   16 to 19 minutes, Solvent B: 100%→10%, Solvent A: 0%→90%

In addition, as for the result of mass spectroscopic analysis, values of“M⁺+H” (obs. Mass, i.e., observed values of molecular weight of thecompound (M) plus proton (H⁺)) and calculated values of “M⁺+H” (pred.Mass), along with the molecular formula derived from the value of theobserved “M⁺+H” are shown in Table 12 below.

TOF-MS measurement conditionsMass spectrometry apparatus: Shimadzu Corporation LCMS-IT-TOF

LC: Prominence

Column: Phenomenex Synergi Hydro-RP 100A 4.0 mm×20 mm, 2 μmUV: PDA detection (254 nm)Flow rate: 0.6 mL/minuteColumn temperature: 40° C.Detection voltage: 1.60 kVGradient condition:

-   -   Solvent A: H₂O/acetonitrile=95:5        -   0.05% TFA    -   B: H₂O/acetonitrile=5:95        -   0.05% TFA    -   Flow rate: 0.5 mL/minute    -   Gradient: 0 to 0.2 minute, Solvent B: 2%, Solvent A: 98%        -   0.2 to 2.5 minutes, Solvent B: 2%→100%, Solvent A: 98%→0%        -   2.5 to 3.8 minutes, Solvent B: 100%, Solvent A: 0%        -   3.8 to 4.0 minutes, Solvent B: 100%→2%, Solvent A: 0%→98%        -   4.0 to 5.0 minutes, Solvent B: 0%, Solvent A: 100%

TABLE 12 Synthetic HPLC molecular Method Retention obs Mass Pred MassFormula Compound No. (Route) Time (min) (M⁺ + H) (M⁺ + H) (M) 1 A 10.07638.2671 638.2670 C₃₂H₃₉F₄N₃O₄S 2 A 11.30 730.2922 730.2932C₃₈H₄₃F₄N₃O₅S 3 A 9.23 640.2467 640.2463 C₃₁H₃₇F₄N₃O₅S 4 A 10.87696.3074 696.3089 C₃₅H₄₅F₄N₃O₅S 5 A 10.23 668.2769 668.2776C₃₃H₄₁F₄N₃O₅S 6 A 11.20 592.1797 592.1792 C₂₆H₃₄BrF₄N₃O₃ 7 G 10.43514.2684 514.2687 C₂₆H₃₅F₄N₃O₃ 8 A 10.78 508.2777 508.2782 C₂₇H₃₆F₃N₃O₃10.89 9 A 9.49 693.3079 693.3092 C₃₅H₄₄F₄N₄O₄S 10 A 9.82 691.3274691.3300 C₃₆H₄₆F₄N₄O₃S 11 A 9.88 533.3110 533.3098 C₂₉H₃₉F₃N₄O₂ 9.96 12A 9.44 651.2990 651.2987 C₃₃H₄₂F₄N₄O₃S 13 A 10.13 575.1995 575.2003C₂₆H₃₅BrF₄N₄O 14 A 9.86 491.2987 491.2992 C₂₇H₃₇F₃N₄O 9.94 15 A 10.87592.1818 592.1792 C₂₆H₃₄BrF₄N₃O₃ 16 A 12.13 652.1813 652.1826C₂₈H₃₈BrF₄N₃O₃S 17 A 10.97 663.1977 663.1986 C₂₉H₃₉BrF₄N₄O₂S 18 A 10.66633.1880 633.1880 C₂₈H₃₇BrF₄N₄OS 19 A 12.94 593.1755 593.1745C₂₅H₃₃BrF₄N₄O₃ 20 A 12.80 726.2172 726.2160 C₃₄H₄₀BrF₄N₃O₅ 21 A 11.19586.2902 586.2899 C₂₉H₃₉F₄N₃O₅ 22 A 12.26 614.2650 614.2664 C₂₈H₃₅F₈N₃O₃23 A 9.80 574.2559 574.2557 C₂₇H₃₈F₃N₃O₅S 24 A 8.82 599.2849 599.2873C₂₉H₄₁F₃N₄O₄S 25 A 9.71 527.2836 527.2840 C₂₆H₃₇F₃N₄O₄ 26 A 9.23552.3147 552.3156 C₂₈H₄₀F₃N₅O₃ 27 A 522.3057 522.3050 C₂₇H₃₈F₃N₅O₂ 29 A9.75 565.2985 565.2996 C₂₉H₃₉F₃N₄O₄ 30 A 9.72 595.3457 595.3466C₃₁H₄₅F₃N₄O₄ 31 A 7.24 538.3004 538.3000 C₂₇H₃₈F₃N₅O₃ 32 A 8.53 522.3048522.3050 C₂₇H₃₈F₃N₅O₂ 33 A 10.23 587.3009 587.3015 C₂₉H₃₉F₅N₄O₃ 34 A10.44 555.2703 555.2708 C₂₈H₃₈ClF₃N₄O₂ 35 A 8.18 564.3534 564.3520C₃₀H₄₄F₃N₅O₂ 36 A 9.99 539.3001 539.3004 C₂₈H₃₈F₄N₄O₂ 37 A 10.30535.3244 535.3254 C₂₉H₄₁F₃N₄O₂ 38 A 9.75 619.2778 619.2772 C₂₈H₄₁F₃N₄O₆S39 A 7.48 589.2651 589.2666 C₂₇H₃₉F₃N₄O₅S 40 A 9.28 666.2507 666.2489C₂₉H₄₂F₃N₃O₇S₂ 41 A 7.61 605.2606 605.2615 C₂₇H₃₉F₃N₄O₆S 42 A 9.36544.2796 544.2793 C₂₇H₃₇F₄N₃O₄ 43 A 7.58 552.3128 552.3156 C₂₈H₄₀F₃N₅O₃44 A 8.50 527.2842 527.2840 C₂₆H₃₇F₃N₄O₄ 45 A 14.52 512.2892 512.2883C₃₀H₃₆F₃N₃O 46 A 13.97 543.2930 543.2941 C₃₀H₃₇F₃N₄O₂ 47 A 12.81502.2794 502.2788 C₂₇H₃₄F₃N₅O 48 A 12.06 533.2836 533.2846 C₂₇H₃₅F₃N₆O₂49 A 10.75 591.3489 591.3517 C₃₂H₄₅F₃N₄O₃ 50 A 10.15 622.3573 622.3575C₃₂H₄₆F₃N₅O₄ 51 A 10.64 549.3406 649.3411 C₃₀H₄₃F₃N₄O₂ 52 A 9.97580.3467 580.3469 C₃₀H₄₄F₃N₅O₃ 53 A 11.30 519.2934 519.2941 C₂₈H₃₇F₃N₄O₂54 A 10.54 550.2990 550.3000 C₂₈H₃₈F₃N₅O₃ 55 A 10.46 609.3394 609.3422C₃₂H₄₄F₄N₄O₃ 56 A 10.47 579.3143 579.3153 C₃₀H₄₁F₃N₄O₄ 57 A 10.83530.2630 530.2625 C₂₉H₃₄F₃N₃O₃ 58 A 9.85 555.2930 555.2941 C₃₁H₃₇F₃N₄O₂59 A 11.39 510.2933 510.2938 C₂₇H₃₈F₃N₃O₃ 60 A 11.08 496.2780 496.2782C₂₆H₃₆F₃N₃O₃ 61 A 11.67 522.2936 522.2938 C₂₈H₃₈F₃N₃O₃ 28 A 10.47494.2625 494.2625 C₂₆H₃₄F₃N₃O₃ 62 A 10.74 536.2191 536.2189C₂₇H₃₂F₃N₃O₃S 63 A 11.72 558.2937 558.2938 C₃₁H₃₈F₃N₃O₃ 64 A 11.85524.3096 524.3095 C₂₈H₄₀F₃N₃O₃ 65 A 11.78 554.3194 554.3200 C₂₉H₄₂F₃N₃O₄66 A 11.44 542.2648 542.2659 C₂₇H₃₈F₃N₃O₃S 67 A 11.39 572.2769 572.2764C₂₈H₄₀F₃N₃O₄S 68 A 11.01 655.3453 655.3466 C₃₆H₄₅F₃N₄O₄ 69 A 10.86641.3299 641.3309 C₃₅H₄₃F₃N₄O₄ 70 A 10.54 482.2619 482.2625 C₂₅H₃₄F₃N₃O₃71 A 9.45 507.2936 507.2941 C₂₇H₃₇F₃N₄O₂ 72 A 6.86 524.2852 524.2843C₂₆H₃₆F₃N₅O₃ 73 A 8.42 585.2719 585.2717 C₂₈H₃₉F₃N₄O₄S 74 A 6.42508.2889 508.2894 C₂₆H₃₆F₃N₅O₂ 75 A 8.74 538.2975 538.3000 C₂₇H₃₈F₃N₅O₃76 A 7.83 499.2516 499.2527 C₂₄H₃₃F₃N₄O₄ 77 A 9.43 560.2394 560.2401C₂₆H₃₆F₃N₃O₅S 78 A 7.58 483.2578 483.2578 C₂₄H₃₃F₃N₄O₃ 79 A 9.88513.2677 513.2683 C₂₅H₃₅F₃N₄O₄ 80 A 10.44 574.2550 574.2557C₂₇H₃₈F₃N₃O₅S 81 A 7.86 591.2443 591.2459 C₂₆H₃₇F₃N₄O₆S 82 A 9.49652.2322 652.2333 C₂₈H₄₀F₃N₃O₇S₂ 83 A 7.70 575.2490 575.2510C₂₆H₃₇F₃N₄O₅S 84 A 9.93 605.2614 605.2615 C₂₇H₃₉F₃N₄O₆S 85 A 11.34582.3142 582.3149 C₃₀H₄₂F₃N₃O₅ 86 A 12.09 610.3466 610.3462 C₃₂H₄₆F₃N₃O₅87 A 11.07 627.3498 627.3517 C₃₅H₄₅F₃N₄O₃ 88 A 14.03 521.3095 521.3098C₂₈H₃₉F₃N₄O₂ 89 A 10.50 583.3095 583.3102 C₂₉H₄₁F₃N₄O₅ 90 A 12.55534.2546 534.2550 C₂₆H₃₃F₆N₃O₂ 91 A 11.22 635.3772 635.3779 C3₄H₄₉F₃N₄O₄92 A 9.35 546.3030 546.3050 C₂₉H₃₈F₃N₅O₂ 93 A 9.44 532.2900 532.2894C₂₈H₃₆F₃N₅O₂ 94 A 9.02 564.2947 564.2956 C₂₉H₃₇F₄N₅O₂ 95 A 10.91526.2882 526.2887 C₂₇H₃₈F₃N₃O₄ 96 A 12.36 542.2995 542.2989 C₃₁H₃₈F₃N₃O₂97 A 12.31 572.3101 572.3095 C₃₂H₄₀F₃N₃O₃ 98 A 11.04 556.2997 556.2993C₂₈H₄₀F₃N₃O₅ 99 A 11.41 480.2458 480.2469 C₂₅H₃₂F₃N₃O₃ 100 A 11.34510.2582 510.2574 C₂₆H₃₄F₃N₃O₄ 101 A 7.47 592.3589 592.3581 C₃₀H₄₄F₃N₇O₂102 A 10.85 698.3867 698.3888 C₃₈H₅₀F₃N₅O₄ 103 A 10.62 684.3728 684.3731C₃₇H₄₈F₃N₅O₄ 104 A 10.54 656.3420 656.3418 C₃₅H₄₄F₃N₅O₄ 105 A 10.68670.3564 670.3575 C₃₆H₄₆F₃N₅O₄ 106 A 7.49 550.3346 550.3363 C₂₉H₄₂F₃N₅O₂107 A 7.19 568.3254 568.3269 C₂₉H₄₁F₄N₅O₂ 108 A 9.45 535.3263 535.3254C₂₉H₄₁N₄O₂F₃ 109 A 11.65 633.3998 633.3986 C₃₅H₅₁N₄O₃F₃ 110 A 10.46494.2625 494.2625 C₂₆H₃₄F₃N₃O₃ 10.53 111 A 14.01 622.2717 622.2710C₂₉H₃₇F₆N₃O₅ 112 A 9.92 502.2778 502.2788 C₂₇H₃₄F₃N₅O 113 A 9.24533.2841 533.2846 C₂₇H₃₅F₃N₆O₂ 114 A 13.72 574.3006 574.3000C₃₀H₃₈F₃N₅O₃ 115 A 13.05 605.3083 605.3098 C₃₀H₃₉F₃N₆O₄ 116 A 9.90526.2551 526.2557 C₂₃H₃₈F₃N₃O₅S 117 G 9.62 558.2578 558.2586C₂₇H₃₅F₄N₃O₅ 118 A 10.12 584.2743 584.2742 C₂₉H₃₇F₄N₃O₅ 119 A 10.01540.2675 540.2680 C₂₇H₃₆F₃N₃O₅ 120 A 9.39 571.2741 571.2738 C₂₇H₃₇F₃N₄O₆121 A 7.19 541.2613 541.2632 C₂₆H₃₅F₃N₄O₅ 122 A 8.98 618.2450 618.2455C₂₈H₃₈F₃N₃O₇S 123 A 7.38 557.2575 557.2581 C₂₆H₃₅F₃N₄O₆ 124 A 10.85580.2976 580.2993 C₃₀H₄₀F₃N₃O₅ 125 A 8.62 551.3179 551.3204 C₂₉H₄₁F₃N₄O₃126 A 7.38 564.3529 564.3520 C₃₀H₄₄F₃N₅O₂ 127 A 7.27 550.3369 550.3363C₂₉H₄₂F₃N₅O₂ 128 A 7.27 522.3048 522.3050 C₂₇H₃₈F₃N₅O₂ 129 A 7.23536.3188 536.3207 C₂₈H₄₀F₃N₅O₂ 130 A 6.88 554.3111 554.3113 C₂₈H₃₉F₄N₅O₂131 A 10.65 586.2908 586.2899 C₂₉H₃₉F₄N₃O₅ 132 A 11.34 582.3160 582.3149C₃₀H₄₂F₃N₃O₅ 133 A 9.20 557.2744 557.2745 C₂₇H₃₆F₄N₄O₄ 134 A 9.62585.3027 585.3058 C₂₉H₄₀F₄N₄O₄ 135 A 9.99 611.3199 611.3215 C₃₁H₄₂F₄N₄O₄136 A 9.64 627.3130 627.3164 C₃₁H₄₂F₄N₄O₅ 137 A 8.97 601.3008 601.3008C₂₉H₄₀F₄N₄O₅ 138-1 A 9.93 668.1773 668.1775 C₂₈H₃₈BrF₄N₃O₄S 138-2 A10.73 684.1722 684.1724 C₂₈H₃₈BrF₄N₃O₅S 139 A 9.58 558.2613 558.2608C₂₇H₃₈F₃N₃O₄S 140 A 9.98 572.2741 572.2742 C₂₈H₃₇F₄N₃O₅ 141 A 11.32594.2384 594.2397 C₂₇H₃₃F₆N₃O₅ 142 A 9.97 572.2765 572.2742 C₂₈H₃₇F₄N₃O₅143 A 11.72 546.2628 546.2614 C₂₈H₃₄F₃N₅O₃ 144 A 10.97 577.2736 577.2745C₂₈H₃₅F₃N₆O₄ 145 A 9.83 563.3200 563.3204 C₃₀H₄₁F₃N₄O₃ 146 A 9.18594.3265 594.3262 C₃₀H₄₂F₃N₅O₄ 147 A 9.53 581.3119 581.3109 C₃₀H₄₀F₄N₄O₃148 A 9.86 563.3193 563.3204 C₃₀H₄₁F₃N₄O₃ 149 A 9.86 563.3197 563.3204C₃₀H₄₁F₃N₄O₃ 150 A 9.56 565.2973 565.2996 C₂₉H₃₉F₃N₄O₄ 151 A 9.56581.3090 581.3109 C₃₀H₄₀F₄N₄O₃ 152 A 9.57 581.3116 581.3109 C₃₀H₄₀F₄N₄O₃153 A 10.25 577.3355 577.3360 C₃₁H₄₃F₃N₄O₃ 154 A 9.97 577.3369 577.3360C₃₁H₄₃F₃N₄O₃ 155 A 10.18 568.2991 568.2993 C₂₉H₄₀F₃N₃O₅ 156 A 10.39582.3145 582.3149 C₃₀H₄₂F₃N₃O₅ 157 A 9.71 512.2723 512.2731 C₂₆H₃₆F₃N₃O₄158 A 8.78 537.3052 537.3047 C₂₈H₃₉F₃N₄O₃ 159 A 8.83 579.3140 579.3153C₃₀H₄₁F₃N₄O₄ 160 A 8.52 597.3072 597.3058 C₃₀H₄₀F₄N₄O₄ 161 A 11.37539.2652 539.2640 C₂₇H₃₄F₄N₄O₃

Example 163

Cathepsin K inhibitory activities of the compounds synthesized accordingto the methods of the above examples were measured.

Cathepsin K used for evaluation of inhibitory activity was transientlyexpressed in an animal cell HEK293T (made by GenHunter Corporation) andthe active enzyme was obtained as the enzyme fraction by using detergentcontaining lysis buffer.

The enzyme solution A was prepared at 2.1 times final concentration bydiluting the enzyme fraction with assay buffer (50 mM sodium acetate, 50mM sodium chloride, 2 mM DTT, pH 5.5). The test compound solutions Bwere prepared at 50 times final target concentrations bydimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). As a substrate solution C, a solution of afluorescent substrate,benzyloxycarbonyl-L-leucyl-L-arginyl-4-methyl-coumaryl-7-amide(Z-Leu-Arg-MCA (Peptide Institute Inc.), was prepared at 10 μM by anassay buffer.

To the enzyme solution A (38.4 μL) were added the test compoundsolutions B (1.6 μL) and mixed individually. The mixtures were incubatedat room temperature for 15 minutes. To the incubated solutions wereadded the substrate solution C (40 μL) and the mixtures were reacted atroom temperature for 30 minutes respectively. The fluorescenceintensities of the enzyme reaction solutions were measured at excitationwavelength of 355 nm and measurement wavelength of 460 nm and the enzymeactivities were calculated from these fluorescence intensities caused by7-amino-4-methylcoumarine released. The enzyme activity with using DMSOinstead of the test compound solution B was taken as 100% and theinhibitory rates at each concentration of the test compound werecalculated. The volume response curve was fitted to the plots. The 50%inhibitory concentration against cathepsin K was calculated from thiscurve.

The results are shown in Table 13. Note that the symbols (+, ++, and+++) in this table represent the inhibitory activity values as below.Here, pIC₅₀ is the value representing a negative logarithm of IC₅₀,(−log₁₀(IC₅₀)). IC₅₀ is a 50% inhibitory concentration.

5.0≦pIC₅₀<7.5: +

7.5≦pIC₅₀<8.5: ++

8.5≦pIC₅₀: +++

TABLE 13 Compound Activity No. Intensity 1 ++ 2 + 3 ++ 4 +++ 5 +++ 6 +++7 +++ 8 ++ 9 +++ 10 +++ 11 ++ 12 +++ 13 +++ 14 + 15 ++ 16 +++ 17 +++ 18+++ 19 ++ 20 +++ 21 ++ 22 ++ 23 +++ 24 +++ 25 ++ 26 +++ 27 +++ 28 + 29+++ 30 +++ 31 +++ 32 +++ 33 +++ 34 +++ 35 +++ 36 +++ 37 +++ 38 ++ 39 ++40 ++ 41 +++ 42 +++ 43 +++ 44 ++ 45 + 46 + 47 + 48 + 49 +++ 50 +++ 51+++ 52 +++ 53 ++ 54 ++ 55 +++ 56 +++ 57 + 58 + 59 +++ 60 ++ 61 + 62 +63 + 64 +++ 65 +++ 66 ++ 67 ++ 68 +++ 69 +++ 70 +++ 71 +++ 72 +++ 73 +++74 +++ 75 +++ 76 ++ 77 ++ 78 ++ 79 ++ 80 ++ 81 + 82 ++ 83 ++ 84 + 85 +++86 +++ 87 +++ 88 + 89 +++ 90 + 91 +++ 92 +++ 93 ++ 94 +++ 95 +++ 96 ++97 ++ 98 ++ 99 + 100 + 101 +++ 102 +++ 103 +++ 104 +++ 105 +++ 106 +++107 +++ 108 +++ 109 +++ 110 + 111 + 112 + 113 + 114 + 115 + 116 + 117+++ 118 +++ 119 +++ 120 +++ 121 ++ 122 +++ 123 ++ 124 ++ 125 + 126 +++127 ++ 128 ++ 129 ++ 130 ++ 131 ++ 132 ++ 133 +++ 134 +++ 135 +++ 136+++ 137 +++ 138-1 +++ 138-2 +++ 139 + 140 ++ 141 + 142 ++ 143 + 144 +145 +++ 146 +++ 147 +++ 148 +++ 149 +++ 150 +++ 151 +++ 152 +++ 153 ++154 +++ 155 +++ 156 +++ 157 ++ 158 +++ 159 +++ 160 +++ 161 +++

Example 164

For the compounds synthesized according to the method of the aboveExamples and the compounds of formula (B) (the compounds disclosed inWO2002/070517), the metabolic stability test using the human livermicrosome was performed and the residual rate of each compound wascalculated.

To a human liver microsome solution (950 μL) was added a test compoundsolution (10 μL, 100 μM, acetonitrile solution) on an ice bath and thesolution was divided into two equal parts, solution A and solution B.Note that the composition of the human liver microsome solution was asfollows.

20 mg/mL protein human liver microsome (Xenotech LLC Lenexa, US): 10 μL500 mM potassium phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.4): 200 μL10 mM EDTA solution: 100 μL60 mM MgCl₂ solution: 50 μL100 mM glucose-6-phosphate solution: 50 μL100 I.U./mL glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase solution: 10 μLpurified water: 530 μL

To the solution A (480 μL) was added acetonitrile (500 μL) on an icebath, and then 25 mM NADPH solution (20 μL) was added. After vortexing,the mixture was centrifuged (3,000 rpm) at 4° C. for 10 minutes, and thesupernatant was taken as the sample at the reaction time of 0 minute.

To the solution B (480 μL) was added 25 mM NADPH solution (20 μL). Themixture was incubated at 37° C. for 25 minutes. The reaction wasquenched with acetonitrile (500 μL) and vortexing. The mixture wascentrifuged (3,000 rpm) at 4° C. for 10 minutes, and the supernatant wastaken as the sample at the reaction time of 25 minutes.

LC/MS measurement was performed for the samples at the reaction time of0 minute and the reaction time of 25 minutes. Based on the peak area ofthe target molecular weight in the MS measurement, the residual rate ofthe sample at the reaction time of 25 minutes to the sample at thereaction time of 0 minute was calculated in percentage. The results areshown in Table 14.

TABLE 14 Compound Residual Rate at No. 25 minutes (%) B 0  5 0  7 0  3177  36 0  43 46  46 65  81 41  93 63 101 67 107 50 117 111 118 76 120108 121 105 124 87 126 90 127 87 129 75 130 85 131 123 140 101 141 70142 96 145 88 147 80 148 85 149 87 150 96 151 90 152 88 153 53 154 74155 31 159 100 160 90

Based on the above, it was shown that the compounds represented byformula (1) or formula (1A) of the present invention tends to beexcellent in metabolic stability when at least one of R¹, thesubstituent of R¹, the substituent of R² selected from the substituentgroup 2, R⁵, and the substituent of R⁵ represents —COOH or cyano, whenthe substituent of R² selected from the substituent group 2 represents—N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)) or —N(R^(6a))C(═NR^(6b))(NR^(6c)), or when Ar² hasheteroaryl.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The compound represented by the above-mentioned formula (1) of thepresent invention and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof havea cysteine protease inhibitory effect (especially cathepsin K inhibitoryeffect) and can be used as a drug clinically applicable as a cysteineprotease inhibitor for treatment or prevention of a disease selectedfrom the group consisting of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, chronicrheumatoid arthritis, Paget's disease of bone, hypercalcemia, bonemetastasis of cancer, and ostealgia.

1. A compound represented by formula (1), or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof:

wherein Ar¹ represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl, or heteroaryl; R¹ represents asubstituent selected from the substituent group 1; m represents aninteger of 0 to 3; R² represents C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substitutedwith the same or different 1 to 6 group(s) selected from the substituentgroup 2; R³ and R⁴ are the same or different from each other andrepresent hydrogen atom or C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl, C₄-C₉(cycloalkyl)alkyl, phenyl, heteroaryl, C₇-C₉ phenylalkyl, or C₁-C₃ alkylsubstituted with heteroaryl, these substituents may be substituted withthe same or different 1 to 6 group(s) selected from the substituentgroup 3; when both of R³ and R⁴ are C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substitutedwith the same or different 1 to 6 group(s) selected from the substituentgroup 3, the R³ and R⁴ may bond each other via a single bond, —O—,—NR⁹—, or —S(O)_(q)— to form 3- to 7-membered ring structure containingthe carbon atoms to which R³ and R⁴ are bonding; when R³ and R⁴ do notbond to form a ring structure, either R³ or R⁴ represents a group whichis not a hydrogen atom; L represents a single bond or —(CR¹⁰R¹¹)_(s)—; srepresents any one integer of 1 to 4; Ar² represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl orheteroaryl; r represents 0 or 1; Ar³ represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl orheteroaryl; n represents 0 or 1; R⁵ represents a substituent selectedfrom the substituent group 1; p represents an integer of 0 to 5; thesubstituent group 1 represents a group consisting of hydrogen atom,halogen atom, cyano, nitro, —R^(6a), —OR^(6a), —O(CO)R^(6a), —COOR^(6a),—CON(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —NR^(6a)(CO)R^(6b),—NR^(6a)(CO)N(R^(6b))(R^(6c)), —S(O)₂N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)),—NR^(6a)S(O)₂R^(6b), —S(O)_(q)R^(6a), and —Si(R⁸)₃; the substituentgroup 2 represents a group consisting of halogen atom, cyano, —OR^(6a),—O(CO)R^(6a), —COOR^(6a), —CON(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)),—NR^(6a)(CO)R^(6b), —NR^(6a)(CO)N(R^(6b))(R^(6c)), —S(O)_(q)R^(6a),—N(R^(6a))C(═NR^(6b))(NR^(6c)), C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl that may be substitutedwith R⁷, phenyl that may be substituted with R⁷, and heteroaryl that maybe substituted with R⁷; the substituent group 3 represents halogen atom,hydroxyl, and C₁-C₆ alkoxy, C₁-C₆ alkylthio, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl, andC₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group, these substituents may be substituted withhalogen atom; R^(6a), R^(6b), and R^(6c) are the same or different fromeach other and represent hydrogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl that may besubstituted with R⁷, C₂-C₆ alkenyl that may be substituted with R⁷,C₂-C₆ alkynyl that may be substituted with R⁷, C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl that maybe substituted with R⁷, heterocyclyl that may be substituted with R⁷,phenyl that may be substituted with R⁷, heteroaryl that may besubstituted with R⁷, C₇-C₁₃ aralkyl that may be substituted with R⁷,C₁-C₃ alkyl substituted with heterocyclyl that may be substituted withR⁷, or C₁-C₃ alkyl substituted with heteroaryl that may be substitutedwith R⁷; in each substituent in the substituent groups 1 and 2, theR^(6a) and R^(6b), R^(6a) and R^(6c), or R^(6b) and R^(6c) may bond eachother via a single bond, —O—, —NR⁹—, or —S(O)_(q)— to form 3- to7-membered ring structure, when R^(6a) and R^(6b), R^(6a) and R^(6c), orR^(6b) and R^(6c) existing in one substituent are C₁-C₆ alkyl optionallysubstituted with R⁷; q represents an integer of 0 to 2; R⁷ representshalogen atom, hydroxyl, carboxyl, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl, or cyano; andR⁸ represents C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷; and R⁹, R¹⁰,and R¹¹ are the same or different from each other and represent hydrogenatom or C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substituted with R⁷.
 2. The compoundaccording to claim 1 and represented by formula (1A), or apharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:

wherein Ar¹ represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl, or heteroaryl; R¹ represents asubstituent selected from the substituent group 1; m represents aninteger of 0 to 3; R² represents C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substitutedwith the same or different 1 to 6 group(s) selected from the substituentgroup 2; R³ and R⁴ are the same or different from each other andrepresent hydrogen atom or C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl, C₄-C₉(cycloalkyl)alkyl, phenyl, heteroaryl, C₇-C₉ phenylalkyl, or C₁-C₃ alkylsubstituted with heteroaryl, these substituents may be substituted withthe same or different 1 to 6 group(s) selected from the substituentgroup 3; when both of R³ and R⁴ are C₁-C₆ alkyl that may be substitutedwith the same or different 1 to 6 group(s) selected from the substituentgroup 3, the R³ and R⁴ may bond each other via a single bond, —O—,—NR⁹—, or —S(O)_(q)— to form 3- to 7-membered ring structure containingthe carbon atoms to which R³ and R⁴ are bonding; when R³ and R⁴ do notbond to form a ring structure, either R³ or R⁴ represents a group whichis not a hydrogen atom; Ar² represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl or heteroaryl; Ar³represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl or heteroaryl; n represents 0 or 1; R⁵ representsa substituent selected from the substituent group 1; p represents aninteger of 0 to 5; the substituent group 1 represents a group consistingof halogen atom, cyano, nitro, —R^(6a), —OR^(6a), —O(CO)R^(6a),—COOR^(6a), —CON(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)),—NR^(6a)(CO)R^(6b), —NR^(6a)(CO)N(R^(6b))(R^(6c)),—S(O)₂N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —NR^(6a)S(O)₂R^(6b), —S(O)_(q)R^(6a), and—Si(R⁸)₃; the substituent group 2 represents a group consisting ofhalogen atom, cyano, —OR^(6a), —O(CO)R^(6a), —COOR^(6a),—CON(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)), —NR^(6a)(CO)R^(6b),—NR^(6a)(CO)N(R^(6b))(R^(6c)), —S(O)_(q)R^(6a), C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl thatmay be substituted with R⁷, phenyl that may be substituted with R⁷, andheteroaryl that may be substituted with R⁷; the substituent group 3represents halogen atom, hydroxyl, and a C₁-C₆ alkoxy, C₁-C₆ alkylthio,C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl, and C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl, these substituents may besubstituted with halogen atom; R^(6a), R^(6b), and R^(6c) are the sameor different from each other and represent hydrogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkylthat may be substituted with R⁷, C₂-C₆ alkenyl that may be substitutedwith R⁷, C₂-C₆ alkynyl that may be substituted with R⁷, C₃-C₇ cycloalkylthat may be substituted with R⁷, heterocyclyl that may be substitutedwith R⁷, phenyl that may be substituted with R⁷, heteroaryl that may besubstituted with R⁷, C₇-C₃ aralkyl that may be substituted with R⁷,C₁-C₃ alkyl substituted with heterocyclyl that may be substituted withR⁷, or C₁-C₃ alkyl substituted with heteroaryl that may be substitutedwith R⁷; in each substituent in the substituent groups 1 and 2, theR^(6a) and R^(6b), R^(6a) and R^(6c), or R^(6b) and R^(6c) may bond eachother via a single bond, —O—, —NR⁹—, or —S(O)_(q)— to form 3- to7-membered ring structure, when R^(6a) and R^(6b), R^(6a) and R^(6c), orR^(6b) and R^(6c) existing in one substituent are C₁-C₆ alkyl optionallysubstituted with R⁷; q represents an integer of 0 to 2; R⁷ representshalogen atom, hydroxyl, carboxyl, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, or C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl; and R⁸ andR⁹ are the same or different from each other and represent C₁-C₆ alkylthat may be substituted with R⁷.
 3. The compound according to claim 1 or2, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R³ representsC₁-C₆ alkyl, C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl, or C₄-C₉ (cycloalkyl)alkyl, thesesubstituents may be substituted with 1 to 6 fluorine atom(s); and R⁴represents hydrogen atom.
 4. The compound according to claim 1 or 2, ora pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R³ representsisobutyl that may be substituted with 1 to 6 fluorine atom(s); and R⁴represents hydrogen atom.
 5. The compound according to claim 1 or 2, ora pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R³ and R⁴ formcyclohexane ring containing the carbon atoms to which R³ and R⁴ arebonding.
 6. The compound according to any of claims 1 to 5, or apharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Ar¹ represents C₆-C₁₀aryl.
 7. The compound according to any of claims 1 to 6, or apharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein m represents aninteger of 1 to
 3. 8. The compound according to claim 7, or apharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein at least one R¹represents —OR^(6a) or —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)).
 9. The compound according toany of claims 1 to 5, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof,wherein —Ar¹—(R¹)_(m) is a substituent represented by formula (2):

wherein R^(1a) represents —OR^(6a) or —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)); and R^(1b)represents halogen atom, —R^(6a), —OR^(6a), or —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)). 10.The compound according to any of claims 1 to 5, or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof, wherein —Ar¹—(R¹)_(m) is a substituentrepresented by formula (3):

wherein R^(1c) represents —N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)); and R^(1d) represents asubstituent selected from the substituent group
 1. 11. The compoundaccording to any of claims 1 to 10, or a pharmaceutically acceptablesalt thereof, wherein at least one of R¹, the substituent of R¹, thesubstituent of R² selected from the substituent group 2, R⁵, and thesubstituent of R⁵ represents —COOH.
 12. The compound according to any ofclaims 1 to 10, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, whereinthe substituent of R² selected from the substituent group 2 represents—N(R^(6a))(R^(6b)) or —N(R^(6a))C(═NR^(6b))(NR^(6c)).
 13. The compoundaccording to any of claims 1 to 10, or a pharmaceutically acceptablesalt thereof, wherein at least one of R¹, the substituent of R¹, thesubstituent of R² selected from the substituent group 2, R⁵, and thesubstituent of R⁵ represents cyano.
 14. The compound according to any ofclaims 1 to 5, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, whereinAr¹ represents heteroaryl.
 15. The compound according to any of claims 1to 14, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Ar²represents C₆-C₁₀ aryl.
 16. The compound according to any of claims 1 to14, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Ar²represents heteroaryl.
 17. A pharmaceutical composition comprising thecompound according to any of claims 1 to 16, or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 18. Acathepsin K inhibitor comprising the compound according to any of claims1 to 16, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an activeingredient.
 19. A drug comprising the compound according to any ofclaims 1 to 16, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as anactive ingredient for treatment or prevention of a disease selected fromthe group consisting of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, chronic rheumatoidarthritis, Paget's disease of bone, hypercalcemia, bone metastasis ofcancer, and ostealgia.